UK House of Commons to debate situation in Sri Lanka

India, Sri Lanka discuss maritime security

India and Sri Lanka have had talks on maritime security when officials from both countries met at the inaugural defence dialogue in New Delhi yesterday, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said today. Indian Defence Secretary Shri Shashikant Sharma and the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa co-chaired the meeting along with their delegations, comprising the officers of the Defence Ministries and the Armed Forces of the respective countries. ?Regional security situation incl

01 Feb, 2012

Government can acquire land says Karuna

Government Deputy Minister Vinayagamurthi Muralitharan (Karuna Amman) says the government has a right to acquire land for national security reasons. He said that land in the north and east will be acquired on this basis to build permanent army camps and civilians who had their homes in those areas will be relocated and with be provided all the basic facilities. ?We will give them livelihood assistance and build a health center and everything else they need. So their lifestyle will not be affec

02 Feb, 2012

Sri Lanka insists accountability report addressed final war

The Sri Lankan government insisted that an accountability report on the war between the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE did address the final stages of the conflict. International human rights groups had alleged that the report by the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) had failed to look at some of the human rights violation alleged to have taken place just before the rebels were defeated in 2009. However the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry quoted Ravinatha Aryasinha, A

27 Jan, 2012