• Jayatilleka defends himself

    Apr 04

    Soon after facing threats of losing his position as Sri Lanka's ambassador to Paris, Dayan Jayatilleka, vehemently rebutted the accusations. Responding to the letter stating that he should be charged under Sri Lanka's Penal Code, for "alleged wrongdoings" in the conduct of the affairs of the Embassy in Paris, Jayatilleka said,

  • Major General Silva set to flee Britain

    Major General Prasanna de Silva, Sri Lanka's military attache at the high commission in London, is to return to Sri Lanka in the next few days, amid allegations of war crimes and an increasing moves towards legal action, reported The Guardian newspaper on Thursday.

  • It doesn’t pay to think

    Dayan Jayatilleke’s position as Colombo’s ambassador to Paris is under threat because of opinions he aired in the wake of the recent UN Human Rights Commission’s resolution against Sri Lanka, press reports said.

  • IMF approves $427 million loan to Sri Lanka

    The International Monetary Fund has approved the final tranche of the recently suspended $2.6 billion loan granted in 2009.

  • European embassies facing closure announced

    Sri Lanka announced the five Sri Lankan embassies in Europe that are to be closed include Poland, Netherlands, Austria, Norway and Sweden. One embassy will be established to execute all affairs relevant to these countries.

    All five countries voted against Sri Lanka on a resolution that was approved by United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC).

  • India rejects reports of LTTE training camps in Tamil Nadu

    In a statement released Monday, the Indian High Commission in Colombo dismissed reports made in a Sri Lankan newspaper that there were LTTE training camps in Tamil Nadu.

    The statement read,

  • Lawyers' Rights Watch on UNHRC resolution

    Gary Anandasangaree, monitor for Sri Lanka at Lawyers' Rights Watch, and legal counsel for the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC),writes in the Sunday Leader on the recently passed resolution at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

  • SL economic hopes hinging on IMF meeting

    Sri Lanka will eagerly be awaiting the outcome of Monday’s meeting of the International Monetary Fund, as they look to be granted a desperately needed $800 million tranche of a recently suspended $2.6 billion loan.

  • Who are the “real war criminals”?
    According to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, it’s all those that are “contributing to the rise in global warming”.

    In a speech at Kandy, Rajapaksa singled out the United States, stating,
  • GTF takes action against British Foreign Secretary over SL diplomat
    An international Tamil diaspora organisation has launched legal action against the British Foreign Secretary William Hague, over the failure to declare a senior Sri Lankan diplomat accused of war crimes a ‘persona non grata’.
  • Massive tax hike as IMF prepare to meet
    The Sri Lankan government has raised taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and automobiles in an attempt to meet conditions for an instalment from an IMF loan, according to an opposition MP.
  • Cyclone displaces the displaced within Manik Farm camp
    9 people have been injured and over 2,000 refugees have been displaced from within Manik Farm camp, after a cyclone tore through the area on Saturday.

    Over 200 temporary shelters within the camp were also destroyed within the camp, according to BBC Sinhala, who spoke to the Settikulam police.
  • Rajapaksa tells Sri Lankan media to broadcast the truth

    Addressing journalists and media workers in Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa asked the country's media to 'broadcast true information and render its service for the country with its great power of truth', the Colombo Page reports.

    Rajapaksa added that it was the responsibility of the country's media to safeguard the country from the unnecessary challenges it faces from foreign media.

    Rajapaksa made this address at the opening ceremony of yet another state orchestrated media project - the Media Development Center of the Department of Government Information Department.

    Related articles:

    Media Ministry rejects half of all media registrations (26 Mar 2012)

    Sri Lanka censors text messages (12 Mar 2012)

    Government to set up 'media authority' (27 Jan 2012)

  • Cricket amid war crimes unpunished' - Jon Snow

    Writing in his online blog, the British news anchor, Jon Snow from Channel 4 questions whether the England cricket team should be playing in Sri Lanka on tour, whilst war crimes and crimes against humanity remain unaccounted for.

  • No one has to tell us what to do' - Rajapaksa

    Addressing international buyers at Sri Lanka Expo 2012, the country's president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, remained defiant in the face of the recently passed resolution at the UNHRC.

    Rajapaksa asserted,

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