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Year 2019 is of great significance as it marks ten years since the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by the Sri Lankan military forces. People looked forward to enjoying peace after years of conflict and there seemed to be more freedom, economic development and material prosperity in many parts of the country. There were changes within the society where people visibly relaxed with lax security concerns. It seemed as if there were no major threats to national security until the Easter Sunday carnage this April. While military victory was crucial in ensuring the defeat of the LTTE, it is vital to scrutinise whether peace and positive socio-economic…

Boris Johnson handed the EU a stark warning that a vaccines blockade of Northern Ireland could kill British pensioners in 'spicy' late-night phone calls with Ursula von der Leyen. The Prime Minister told the European Commission president that plans to stop 3.5 million doses from the Pfizer factory in Belgium the UK risked preventing people from receiving the second injection, forcing it into a hurried climbdown. While a single vaccination gives some protection from coronavirus, both are needed to achieve the maximum impact and Mr Johnson told Ms von der Leyen the EU's hardline plan could lead to the deaths of the most vulnerable, including elderly grandpare…

The United States called on the new president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to ensure human rights and accountability after a campaign in which he vowed to scrap a probe into alleged war crimes. “The United States congratulates the people of Sri Lanka on their democratic election and stands ready to work with Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the new President of Sri Lanka. We call on President Rajapaksa to uphold Sri Lanka’s commitments to security sector reform, accountability, respect for human rights, and non-recurrence of violence,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. “Sri Lanka continued to show the strength and resiliency of its democracy with a free, fair, and transparent …

It is that time of the year. As the heat builds up in an otherwise wintry Geneva, capital cities of the world are abuzz with preparations for the forthcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions to be held in February-March 2013. While UNHRC sessions in general are important for Sri Lanka, the upcoming sessions in February-March 2013 are uniquely important for Sri Lanka for four reasons: first, it is the first time that Sri Lanka will come before the UNHRC after the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) review meeting; second, it is the first time that Sri Lanka sits at the UNHRC after the first ever UN Resolution has been adopted and passed on Sri Lanka; third, ther…

The Significance of 1983 Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu on 07/20/2020 Photo courtesy of themorning.lk I was a PhD student in London when the carnage of July 1983 erupted and thank God for the bravery and foresight of my mother and sister, my family was saved from the electoral register and sword wielding drunken mob that descended on the only Tamil household in the immediate neighbourhood. Now, 37 years and a bloody war of almost three decades later, the question arises as to whether the goals and aspirations of the main protagonists in that atrocity have been fulfilled or abandoned or inde…

Police in Northern Ireland organised a meeting between British officials and a Sri Lankan military adviser a month after the massacre of tens of thousands of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka, it has emerged - but no minutes were taken about what was discussed. The policing board, which scrutinises the running of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, has confirmed it arranged the talks between the Foreign Office and the Sri Lankan defence forces representative with a view to the PSNI becoming "critical friends" of the country's security forces. Government lawyers have confirmed in a freedom of information request that no minutes exist of the meeting at the pol…

Sambanthan and Vigneswaren reach out to President Rajapakse by Harim Peiris Photo courtesy @PresRajapaksa On Monday 7th October, the Tamil National Alliance, the only political party in the country to have comprehensively defeated the UPFA and captured power in the Northern Province, creating the first ever opposition controlled provincial council since the Peoples’ Alliance victory in the Southern Provincial Council in 1993, which also heralded the end of UNP rule an year later, politically reached out and magnanimously decided that it’s Chief Minister designate, retired Supreme Court Justice CV Wigneswaren should take his oath of office before President Mahinda …

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The November 2019 employment report showed U.S. companies added way more jobs than expected during the month as mammoth gains in health care and social services — as well as a bounce in manufacturing hiring — ushered labor statistics higher. The government reported Friday that payrolls increased by 266,000, easily besting the 187,000 estimate economists polled by Dow Jones had forecast. The unemployment rate ticked back down to 3.5%, matching an earlier 2019 level that at the time was the lowest since 1969. CNBC studied the net changes by industry for November jobs based on data from the Labor Department contained in the employment report. The education…

Sri Lanka dismisses Canada’s threat Souce:Xinhua Publish By Thomas Whittle COLOMBO, Feb. 6 — The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday dismissed a threat from Canada regarding the island’s human rights record. Sri Lanka’s External Affairs Ministry said that the government was well aware of the importance of securing the rights of its own people and was acting accordingly. “Sri Lanka’s human rights record is much better than other countries. The government knows its responsibility towards its own people and has been working on maintaining a good human rights record,” Foreign Secretary Karunathilaka Amunugama told Xinhua. Canada on Sunday warned the Sri Lankan govern…

LOSING the favour of the ruling Rajapaksa family is a cardinal error in Sri Lankan public life. Few in the press, especially not the mealy-mouthed state-run outlets, risk any criticism of the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, or his powerful brothers. Parliamentary opposition, weak in numbers and leadership, rarely murmurs objections to those in office. Street protests by trade unions, students, religious leaders and Tamil activists are infrequent and usually brief. So it is remarkable to see the country’s chief justice in conflict with the president. Few expected Shirani Bandaranayake to be any sort of check on the ruling family’s efforts to strengthen its grip on power.…

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Captain Hewage is known among the Ukrainian soldiers as ‘Dentist’ By Sunil Jayasiri The body of Sri Lankan-born Captain Ranish Hewage, who served as the Commander of the First Special Forces of the International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine killed in a Russian military attack on Monday (4th), was found by the Ukrainian forces on Wednesday, according to official sources. On Monday, three Sri Lankan nationals, including Captain Hewage, were killed in Bakhmut, a city in Ukraine, during a rescue operation. However, the bodies of the two other Sri Lankan nationals who were killed along with Captain Hewage are yet to be recovered. The …

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India's foreign policy is very clear and will not agree to any foreign power interfering in Sri Lanka's internal matters, a senior leader of India's governing Bharatha Janatha Party (BJP) Dr. Subramanian Swamy said. Speaking at the last day sessions of Sri Lanka's three-day defense meet, Defense Seminar 2014, at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo on the topic 'India - Sri Lanka Relations' , Dr. Swamy said India's 'national interests' are the most prioritized and India will not favor one particular ethnic group. "India's foreign policy is very clear and will not agree to any foreign power interfering Sri Lanka's internal matters, nor it will intervene in any such…

January 11, 2013 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada is deeply concerned over the impeachment of Sri Lankan Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. “Her impeachment appears to be highly politicized, lacking basic transparency and respect for the guarantees of due process and fair trial. “Judicial independence is fundamental to the rule of law and essential for any democratic and accountable government. Canada calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to change course immediately. “Canada continues to have serious concerns about the human rights situation, the need for reconciliation and the democratic deficit in Sri Lan…

இந்த ஆவணப்படம் இந்த மாதம் 18 அல்லது 19ம் திகதி National Geographic channelலினால் வெளியிடபட இருக்கிறது.. I PODCAST I A Reckoning in Tulsa A century ago, Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood was a vibrant Black community. One spring night in 1921 changed all that: a white mob rioted, murdering as many as 300 Black residents and destroying their family homes and thriving businesses. In this episode of our podcast, Overheard, we follow archaeologists working to uncover one of the worst—and virtually unknown—incidents of racial violence in American history. A RECKONING IN TULSA LISTEN NOW On the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre,…

Americans are still using Russian oil and money is 'flowing into the Kremlin’s coffers,' says Ukraine's chief economic advisor Jacob Zinkula Vessels anchored at the southern end of the Singapore Strait on September 21, 2021. ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images Ukraine's chief economic advisor said the US is — perhaps unknowingly — continuing to import Russian oil. In March, the US placed a ban on Russian oil and natural gas due to Puti…

China is working on a draft for a law on international seabed exploration that would enable it to explore mineral and other deep sea resources in the Indian Ocean and other seas far from its shores, official sources said. The move is likely to worry New Delhi that keeps a close watch on China's strategic moves in the Indian Ocean with the help of countries like Sri Lanka. Colombo recently supported increased Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean saying China needed to protect its sea trade routes. The proposed law is part of China's efforts to build itself as a maritime power. The country recently launched its first aircraft carrier. The standing committee of …

" It is the plight of the Tamil people that compelled me to take up arms. I felt outraged at the inhuman atrocities perpetrated against an innocent people." The ethnic conflict between the Tamils and the Sinhalese in Sri Lanka shows no sign of abating,. The Tamil militants, especially the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) seem determined to pursue their military tactics. Velupillai Prabhakaran, Military Commander of the LTTE who lives in the jungles of Jaffna, northern Sri Lanka, in a rare interview spoke to GENTLEMAN about the future of the strife- torn island. In a rare interview, the controve…

Russia is now in control of much of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the battle for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region By Josh Pennington, Irene Nasser and Jorge Engels, CNN Updated 10:46 AM ET, Sat June 11, 2022 CNN)Russian forces are now in control of most of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the bloody battle for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Street fighting continued to rage on Saturday in the eastern city, where Russian soldiers and Ukrainian troops are still locked in battle. "The situation rema…

ITJP submits criminal complaint against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Singapore http://www.newswire.lk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PSX_20220724_163351.jpg Lawyers from the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) have submitted a criminal complaint to the Attorney General of Singapore requesting the immediate arrest of former Sri Lankan President, Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, for war crimes. The 63-page complaint argues that Rajapaksa committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the civil war in 2009 when he was secretary of defence and that these are crimes subject to domestic prosecution in Singapore under universal jurisdiction. The legal …