Marking another historic land mark between close military to military relations between Pakistan and Sri Lanka the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) of Pakistan, General Rashad Mahmood will visit Sri Lanka from 7 to 11 April 2014.
Senior Congress leader and Union Shipping Minister G.K. Vasan asserted that his party was the only political organisation that has been working for the welfare of the Sri Lankan Tamils. Other parties have only been talking about their suffering, but have hardly done anything for their welfare, he said here on Friday.
“India considers early progress on devolution and a political settlement as being crucial to Sri Lanka to tackle mounting international pressure,” High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Y.K. Sinha, said, a week after India abstained from voting on the U.S.-backed resolution in Geneva.
Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law, Mr. K. Shanmugam, during a meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President’s Office this evening, called on countries to engage constructively with Sri Lanka and look to the future rather than dwell on the past.
Resettled families in Keppapilavu, in the Mullaitivu District, received new houses yesterday (April 03). Secretary of the Ministry of Defense and Urban Development Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa symbolically handed over houses to 101 displaced families.
India’s decision to abstain from voting on the U.S.-sponsored resolution on alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka at the UNHRC was taken at the “political” level for the welfare of the Tamils in that country, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday.
Tens of thousands of Bahraini protesters have staged an anti-regime demonstration ahead of a Formula One Grand Prix to be held in the Persian Gulf country.