Plantation Industries Minister and Special Envoy of the President on Human Rights, Mahinda Samarasinghe, who addressed a briefing on Sri Lanka for the Member and observer states of the African region of the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday (18), at the UN Office at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, said that the attempt Read More
First death in the run-up to the Western and Southern Provincial Council polls was reported from Dompe yesterday. A UNP supporter died after being assaulted allegedly by a UPFA activist.
– නියෝජ්ය චීන තානාපති රෙන් ෆාෂියෑන් මහතා අවධාරණය කරයි මානව හිමිකම් කඩවීම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් ජිනීවාහි මානව හිමිකම් කොමිසම හමුවට මාර්තු මස අග ඉදිරිපත් කෙරෙන යෝජනාවේ දී ශී්ර ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටීමට චීන රජය සූදානම් බව ශී්ර ලංකාවේ නියෝජ්ය චීන තානාපති රෙන් ෆාෂියෑන් මහතා අවධාරණය කරයි.
China will support Sri Lanka at the crucial vote on the resolution to be moved by the United States against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva at the end of this month, Chinese Deputy Ambassador in Colombo Ren Faqiang said.
Sri Lanka yesterday reiterated that international action for the promotion and protection of human rights must enjoy the consent of the country concerned.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has taken another confusing twist, after authorities backtracked on when a crucial communications system on the aircraft was switched off.
COMMENTARY BY THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER The mysterious disappearance of flight MH370 is the biggest incident to happen to Malaysia, and the world. There are at least 14 nationalities among the 239 people on board the flight to Beijing.
Investigations into the flight simulator taken from the missing pilot’s home showed a software for five practice runaways, including one belonging to the United States, Berita Harian reported today.
The Sri Lankan mission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has been informed by the External Affairs Ministry to find out whether Sri Lanka was among the countries that the Malaysian government had requested to join in the search operation for the missing Malaysian aircraft MH370, the External Affairs Ministry said.
Close contacts with LTTE faction trying to revive Eelam Ruki Fernando and Fr Praveen Mahesan, prominent activists of the National Peace Council (NPC), were taken into custody in Kilinochchi by the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID), Military spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasekera yesterday said.
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