Aragalaya activist Dilan Senanayake attacked

Released emails of Hillary reveal Lankan fury

The recently released emails of US presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, reveal that Sri Lanka?s strong reaction to the then secretary of State, Hillary Clinton?s 2009 remarks over use of rape as an instrument of war unleashed an intense internal debate, which ultimately led to a partial retraction, the New Indian Express reported. On Sep 30, 2009, Clinton said at the UNSC that rape had been ?used as a tactic of war before in Bosnia, Burma and Sri Lanka and elsewhere?. This had led to a big

04 Sep, 2015

New cabinet takes oaths before the President

The new cabinet of the National Government took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat this morning. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took oaths as the National policy and Economic Affairs Minister. The others in the new cabinet, including the three Ministers who took oaths a few days earlier, are: 01. Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe ? Minister of National Policy and Economic Affairs 02. John Amaratunga ? Minister of Tourism Development & Christian

04 Sep, 2015

Modi notes importance of ties with Lanka

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today?said that India attaches the highest importance to its relations with Sri Lanka and looks forward to taking the ties to new heights. Prime Minister Modi expressed the view when he met former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in New Delhi today. Modi deeply appreciated the leadership role played by Kumaratunga in the country and in strengthening relations between India and Sri Lanka, a statement said. He expressed confidence that she would continue to pl

03 Sep, 2015