Canada govt. trying to win back the Canadian Tamil community

Mar. 23 | The Canadian government is sending a delegation to Sri Lanka as it presses the country to launch a post-war reconciliation with its Tamil minority. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is sending three representatives and they will conduct a kind of fact-finding...

CNN Anderson Cooper and rapper MIA on a war path

Mar. 23 | CNN News anchor Anderson Cooper and Sri Lankan born American rapper  “Maya” Arulpragasam  better known as MIA had got into an online argument via Twitter last week after MIA accused Cooper of calling her a terrorist. MIA was referring to...

Group of SL Proffessionals welcome UN monitoring in SL

Mar. 23 | A group of professionals said in Colombo that the call for an independent monitoring of the human rights record of Sri Lanka is not only welcome but also justified. “In this modern age the President of Sri Lanka can’t rule the country as if a kingdom...

Hillary Clinton on US led resolution on Sri Lanka

Mar. 23 | The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton in an official statement regarding the adoption of the US-led resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council today (March 22) stated that the US together with the international community sent a strong...