UN chief Ban Ki-moon has asked Sri Lanka to engage “constructively” and cooperate with its human rights body to implement a resolution calling for an international inquiry into alleged war crimes committed during the final stages of the country’s civil war.
Two Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) ships, “Inazuma – 105” and “Umigiri – 158”, arrived at the Port of Colombo on a goodwill and logistic visit on 01st April 2014. The ships are en route for counter piracy operation off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden. They were welcomed by Read More
J. Venkatesan A three-member bench said it found no merit in Centre’s review petition The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review its February 18 judgment commuting the death sentence of three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, into life imprisonment.
The Australian government on Saturday officially handed over the first Australian Bay Class patrol vessel in Cairns Australia to the Sri Lanka Navy, Navy Headquarters said today.
The Sri Lanka Navy assisted in the repatriation of 21 Indian fishermen and 10 fishing trawlers on 31st March 2014.
The Multinational Planning Augmentation Team (MPAT) ‘Tempest Express – 24’ Staff Planning Workshop co-hosted by the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in liaison with the Ministry of Defence and Urban Development and the United States Pacific Command in liaison with the US Department of Defence was inaugurated today morning (1st April ) Read More
Considering the massive victory gained by the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) at the Western and Southern Provincial Council Elections, it is obvious that the people have given an overwhelming mandate to the Government’s people-friendly policies. The victory is a clear message to the evil forces trying to harm the country, states President Mahinda Rajapaksa Read More
KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH (Reuters) – The last words from the cockpit of a missing Malaysian jet were a standard “Good night Malaysian three seven zero”, Malaysian authorities said, changing their account of the critical last communication from a more casual “All right, good night”.
An order, designating persons and entities in terms of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 which sets out strategies to combat terrorism and to control terrorist financing has been signed by Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs, and will be published in the Government Gazette shortly.
By Anne Bayefsky President Obama’s hemorrhaging foreign policy is creating an increasingly embarrassing mess at the United Nations. A four-week session of the U.N.’s top human rights body, the Human Rights Council, ended in Geneva on March 28, 2014, with a series of humiliating defeats for the president’s calling card of indiscriminate engagement.
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