The Sri Lankan military has dismissed the No Fire Zone documentary, as “rubbish”, in response to the International Emmy Awards nomination the documentary received earlier this week.

Spokesperson, Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasuriya said the movie, directed by Callum Macrae was 'nothing but a sensational piece of falsehood,' Ceylon Today reported.

"I am not an artiste to view his piece of 'art' but all what is can say it's a piece of rubbish work and he is nominated for it with a vested interest,

The Sri Lankan president’s handing over of 20,000 flawed land permits to families in the North-East is an act of bribery, warned the Tamil National Alliance MP M Sumanthiran.

The 20,000 displaced families had been selected to receive their land deeds several years ago and had instead only been given land permits months before presidential elections, noted Sumanthiran.

A workshop for journalists organised by Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) threatened organisers via text messages and posters.

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Posters were thrown into the Janaki Hotel hosting the TISL event, warning it not to let LTTE in to the building whilst journalists attending the workshop were threatened by texts reading “We will attack u if u attend.”

An Indian fisherman has filed a private complaint against the BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy accusing him of causing damage to property due to the damage inflicted on Indian fishing vessels by the Sri Lankan navy.

R. C. Kuppan, a fisherman from Nochikuppam filed the complaint on Monday, seeking Rs 100 crore in compensation on behalf of the 102 boats owners.

Speaking in Kilinochchi on Sunday, the Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa said if Tamil groups gave up their desire for independence then he would consider removing the executive presidency.

"Some people are asking a separate state and divide the country. Even the Tamil National Alliance is supporting that concept. Some sections of the Tamil Diaspora are also trying to divide the country. If those parties stop demanding Eelam in Sri Lanka I will consider removing the Executive Presidency," Rajapaksa said.

The European Commission announced a ban on imports of fisheries products from Sri Lanka, its second biggest importer in the sector, in order to "tackle the commercial benefits stemming from illegal fishing”.

Sri Lanka received a “yellow card”, a stern warning, in November 2012, as the country was not complying with international rules on illegal fishing and had inadequate control systems.

European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Maria Damanaki said that not much had changed since then, despite intense dialogue.

“The same problems are still there and are even getting worse. Sri Lanka is now authorizing huge vessels to fish in the Indian Ocean without marine GPS (VMS). This renders control totally impossible.”

“Sri Lanka is the second biggest exporter of fresh and chilled swordfish and tuna to the EU (74 million € of imports in 2013). In those circumstances we cannot tolerate not to know whether the fish they import into the EU was caught sustainably or not. EU citizens have the right to know what lands on their plate.”