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SRI LANKA AMBASSADOR APPRECIATES THE U.S. SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING SUSTAINED PEACE, DEMOCRACY AND RECONCILIATION IN SRI LANKA

Ambassador Jaliya Wickramasuriya has thanked the U.S. Senators who introduced Senate Resolution 364 recognizing Sri Lanka’s success in restoration of democracy , rebuilding and reconciliation after the dawn of peace since 2009. In a letter addressed to the Senators, the Ambassador called the resolution a very a positive gesture of goodwill and understanding towards Sri Read More

Event to mark the International Women’s Day

An event to mark the International Women’s Day was held at the Committee Room no. 01 of Parliament today. It was organized by the Women Parliamentarians’ Caucus of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan parliament to probe organizations that confer honorary titles

The parliament of Sri Lanka has decided to call for a probe on organizations that confer honorary titles on people. The decision was made following a statement made by United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Dr. Harsha de Silva that an organization has requested for money from him to confer an honorary title on him.

Minister Peiris tells HC Pillay that the disproportionate negative attention is making the difficult task of reconciliation in Sri Lanka even harder

External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris has said, the highly prejudiced actions taken by a few countries and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to give disproportionate negative attention to Sri Lanka, has made the separatist Tamil elements in Sri Lanka and abroad more intransigent, making the intensely difficult task Read More

C4 witnesses paid members of LTTE – Lord Naseby

Conservative peer Lord Naseby has suggested the UK government is not abiding by David Cameron’s promised timetable for co-operating with the UN to set up an independent inquiry into claims the Sri Lankan government carried out war crimes.

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