by Gamini Gunawardane According to the headline news item of The Island’ of March 8 titled Ms. Anandhi Sasitharan, Member of Northern Provincial Council had alleged that Mr. Sumanthiran MP had silenced her in Geneva. Her allegation is that the MP had ” deprived of the opportunity to address UNRC members at a recent crucial Read More
By Patali Champika Ranawaka “There is now an attempt at social imperialism to impose social values…” Yoweri Musevei – Ugandan President, responding to Western criticism and threats to impose sanctions on Uganda after the President signed a bill that penalised homosexuality. (10 March 2014).
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
Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha, has said “the draft resolution on Sri Lanka deposited with the Human Rights Council by a core group comprising – the USA, UK, Mauritius, Montenegro and Macedonia, violates the constitutional provisions of Sri Lanka, is highly intrusive in nature and is in breach Read More
ලන්ඩන් නුවර ශ්රී ලංකා ජනහඬ පදනමේ සාමාජික පිරිසක් පසුගියදා එම පළාතේ බ්රිතාන්ය පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන් වන විරේන්ද්ර ශර්මා සහ සීමා මල්හෝත්රා හමුවී ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වර්තමාන දේශපාලන හා සමාජීය තොරතුරු පිළිබඳ දීර්ඝ සාකච්ඡාවක් පවත්වනු ලැබූහ.
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.
A Malaysian passenger plane carrying 239 people, including 227 passengers and 12 crew members, has lost contact with air traffic control after leaving Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said Saturday.
Sri Lanka has expresses its strong reservations on the misplaced reference in the Annual Report to the Secretary General’s Internal Review Panel (IRP) report on Sri Lanka including provision of link to the report in a footnote, in the context of prevention. We note however that the report relevant to the subject at hand is Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Xinhua) — A Malaysian passenger plane carrying 239 people, including 227 passengers and 12 crew members, has lost contact with air traffic control after leaving Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said Saturday.
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.
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