• M.I.A says Sri Lanka still unsafe to visit

    Apr 21
    The artist, Maya Arulpragasam or M.I.A said she was still not unwilling to visit Sri Lanka despite the change of government.
  • Sri Lankan navy arrests asylum seekers fleeing island

    The Sri Lankan navy declared that it has arrested a group of asylum seekers who were attempting to flee the island on the early hour

  • JHU accuses NPC of violating Sri Lankan constitution
    The Sinhala nationalist JHU party has accused the Northern Provincial Council of violating Sri Lanka’s constitution and attempting to form a Tamil state in the island’s Tamil North-East.

    National Organiser and JHU Western Province Councilor Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe also accused Northern Province Chief Minister Justice C V Wigneswaran of attempting to disrupt a “reconciliation process” that is underway.

    “The initiatives taken by the NPC based on the language issue violates the Constitution, and this could act as a barrier for the country’s peace and reconciliation process,” said Mr Warnasinghe.

    “In the past, based on language issues, former president Chandrika Kumaratunga also attempted to introduce a federal state system to the country, but it was defeated by them,” he added.
  • Sri Lankan government willing to pay cash to recover missing firearms
    The Sri Lankan government has announced that it will pay those who return missing firearms, which have disappeared since the end of the armed conflict, as well as offering a general amnesty.
  • American Tamils call for arrest of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

    Tamils in America have called on US authorities to arrest Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who is currently reported to be visiting the US.

  • Military denies MoD website update requiring approval for travel to the North

    An update on the Ministry of Defence website, which requires approval for foreigners to travel to the North, was made in error, military spokesperson Brigadier Jayantha Jayaweera claimed, according to Ceylonews.

    Speaking to the news website, the brigadier said it was a technical mistake.

    “The web link which was originally published in 2014 got republished when we transferred the web server. There is no travel restriction for anybody to travel north whatsoever,” Brigadier Jayaweera told Ceylon News via phone.

    He said that the technical team has been informed to deactivate the link as soon as possible.

  • EU delists Sri Lanka following fishing reforms

    The European Commission on Thursday delisted Sri Lanka over illegal fishing, following reforms.

    "After a lengthy dialogue process Sri Lanka has now successfully reformed its fisheries governance system," the EU commission said in a statement.

  • UK FCO says Sri Lanka's human rights changes 'less apparent in North and East'

    The UK Foreign Office in its annual human rights report, reported that positive steps made by the new Sri Lankan government were "less apparent in the north and east", highlighting the "continued reports of torture, and sexual and gender-based violence" documented in the OHCHR report.

  • Sri Lankan cabinet approves increased salary for state sector

    The Sri Lankan cabinet on Thursday approved the increase of basic salary for state sector employees by Rs 10,000.

    The increase will affect employees of companies fully owned by the government, public corporations and statutory boards.

  • Tamil trader injured in Jaffna machete attack

  • Respect your freedom' Sri Lankan president warns media organisations

    Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena held a meeting with various media organisations in Colombo on Tuesday, where he warned them that the behaviour of some organisations was "unsatisfactory".

  • Sri Lankan ministers and monks on Buddhist pilgrimage to Pakistan

  • Sri Lanka's TID arrests another returning Tamil

    Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) arrested yet another Tamil man who was returning from the Middle East on Tuesday, reports Ceylon News.

    Muthulingam Jeyakanthan was returning from Doha last week, after travelling there to seek work in 2013. The father of two from Mullaitivu was arrested on his return to the island shortly after he landed at the Katunayake International Airport on April 12.

    His lawyer Dominic Premanand told Ceylon News this was the second such arrest to have taken place in April alone.

  • Union of Christian Churches criticise military intervention in North
    The Union of Christian Churches this week criticised the Sri Lankan military's continued intervention in civilian affairs in the North.

    Stating there was an urgent need to remove the military from the region, the churches also condemned illegal fishing by Sinhala fishermen from the South, as well as their attack on Tamil officials.
  • Sri Lankan president hopes to meet Obama after invitation to G7 summit
    Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena is hoping to secure a meeting with US President Barack Obama at the side lines of the G7 summit in Japan, reports the Sunday Times.
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