‘Lankan refugees should not be forced to leave’
The ‘Samam Kudimakkal Iyakkam,’ a Madurai-based human rights organisation, has appealed to the Union government to sign the 1951 United…
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Sri Lanka reviews land transfer to China as port deal draws scrutiny
Saturday, 21 February 2015 10:00Sri Lanka is reconsidering the outright transfer of a parcel of land to China under a $1.5 billion port city deal signed by a previous government, the energy minister said, amid concerns it could be used for Chinese naval activity.
To back FIU request, SL shares more info on Rajapaksa deals
Saturday, 21 February 2015 09:54Sri Lanka has shared more information with India on the billions of dollars that its new government alleges members of the previous regime headed by Mahinda Rajapaksa had stashed abroad, to support the island nation's request for New Delhi's help to set up a Financial Intelligence Unit to trace the money.
New Sri Lanka govt. ends US lobbying contracts
Saturday, 21 February 2015 09:50In a sign of improving relations with the U.S., Sri Lanka has terminated lobbying contracts worth tens of thousands of dollars a month that the previous government had signed to help it win friends in Washington amid war crimes allegations, the nation's ambassador says.
Camp Gota : A secret camp in Trinco
Saturday, 21 February 2015 08:59The Tamil National Alliance charge that details of a secret camp which has held many Tamils, are surfacing.
Certain diplomatic passport holders smuggled drugs?
Saturday, 21 February 2015 08:31Deputy Foreign minister Ajith P. Perera says it has been revealed that certain persons who had been granted diplomatic passports while the previous government was in power, had smuggled drugs into the country across the airport.
Delay of UN war report right thing to do - UK Dy HC
Saturday, 21 February 2015 08:23The decision by the UN Human Rights Council to delay the investigation into the end of the Sri Lankan conflict despite being difficult for those who gave information was the right thing to do, Laura Davis, British Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka says.
‘Govt. policy is not to withdraw military camps in north’
Saturday, 21 February 2015 08:03State minister of defence Ruwan Wijewardena says there is no need to withdraw military camps in the north in order to return the land acquired by the military back to their civilian owners.
Alcohol producers seek JVP’s help!
Friday, 20 February 2015 16:18A group of alcohol producers is seeking a meeting with the JVP, a very reliable source told Sri Lanka Mirror.
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