UNHRC resolutions on Sri Lanka not an agenda to promote and pr...

Averting the bloodbath: By Manjula Fernando In an interview with the Sunday Observer, the Chair of the Consultative Committee for Humanitarian Assistance (CCHA) which coordinated international humanitarian aid at the final stages of the humanitarian ...

(Colombo-Lankapuvath) The review report submitted to the 22nd sessions of the UNHRC in Geneva by Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe Friday(15) has been accepted. Presenting the report, Minister Samarasinghe has stated that a novel era of peace, ...

Khurshid calls GL to discuss 13th Amendment Joint opposition protests intensify against govt President Mahinda Rajapaksa is now facing continuous headaches in the form of the possible re-entry into politics by former President Chandrika ...

... threatens general strike over power price hike The Trade Union Alliance has issued a warning to President Mahinda Rajapaksa that if he fails to abolish the proposed electricity tariff hike, he will have to face a general strike. The Coordination ...

The current system must be changed to solve crisis President of the Inter Company Employees Union (ICEU), Wasantha Samarasinghe says that the people are now feeling the economic crisis faced by the country. He noted that the government has failed ...

Agitations against electricity tariffs intensify Nation-wide protest campaign and strike on the 21st By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema The working masses last week drew battle lines with the government in demanding a withdrawal of the increase ...

International Relations and Security: With regard to the collapse of relations with India in the eighties, the reasons are clear enough. If anyone doubted the corrosive effect of President Jayewardene's Cold War adventurism, the Annexe to the ...

Steady increase in Cost of Living By Camelia Nathaniel Reading leaflets distributed during a protest campaign over the hike in electricity tariff. Private and Public sector employees are disgruntled with not receiving their long due Cost of ...

By Faraz Shauketaly Buckingham Palace made an announcement signalling to the British that Her Majesty would be reviewing her long-haul travel plans starting this year. The most high-profile of this review was the announcement made in a typically ...