The World gold Council official data report states that the Sri Lanka Central Bank during the last quarter of 2011 had sold 9.3 tons of gold constituting part of the country’s national asset. This had been exposed on 18th Oct. 2011. This means that this illicit transaction had taken place prior to this date. The [...]

What happened three years back at this place called Mullivaikaal? Some called it a climax of a long story. It is a turning point. Some called it a full-stop. It is a comma. Many call it a tragedy. Of Epic proportions in the history of the Tamils. Tragedies are often best expressed in verse. I [...]

Sources from the British High Commission in Colombo confirmed the visit, but added they were unable to confirm whether Rajapaksa would be meeting with any government officials during the tour. “This is not a state visit,” an official from the British High Commission in Colombo added. President Rajapaksa last visited the United Kingdom in 2010 amidst protests from pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam groups, and was scheduled to address the Oxford Union

May Day celebrations in Sri Lanka this year saw an unusual sight. R Sampanthan, the septuagenarian leader fighting for Sri Lanka Tamil rights and president of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), standing shoulder to shoulder with the United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, waved a Sri Lanka flag to the cheers of a massive [...]

In the past 48 hours, almost 100,000 votes have been cast in our Bafta opinion poll for the current affairs category at this year’s awards.  Since the Bahrain foreign minister, Khalid Al Khalifa, tweeted to his nearly 80,000 followers, urging them to vote against the al-Jazeera documentary Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark, the poll has become a battleground between supporters and opponents of the Bahrain government.

 Weekly summary of important developments and trends Sri Lanka Brief 10 features/analysis of the week  Weekly Summary:  Last week of April (22-29) witness three important political developments/trends inSri Lanka.  Visit      of the Indian Delegation and Political Solution Debate. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj confirmed that Sri Lankan President Mahinda [...]

IN THIS ISSUE Tamil Rights: India speaks again Political violence: Mevyn and T 20 Foreign policy:  GL group on offensive but loosing Sinhalaisation:  Dambulla Mosque aftermath Other – abductions & killings Tamil Rights: India speaks again Lankan Tamils for political solution The popular emotion among the Tamils and the parties representing them in Sri Lanka [...]

The attack on the mosque took place when President MahindaRajapakse was on an official visit to South Korea. This attack once again putthe government on the dock, over its insincere attitude towards its nationalminorities. Such a grave attack should have invited the nation’s leader tomake a public statement on the issue. But that responsibility has not beendischarged so far and was delegated to the maverick Prime Minister D MJayaratne and the government’s right-wing coalition partner JHU, whom addedinsult to injury by asserting that the mosque must be removed at any cost.

A Joint Statement from non-governmental organizations and social activists in , Sri Lanka It is with great concern that we the undersigned protest against the growing trend of increasing religious intolerance in Sri Lanka with regard to minority religions. We specifically condemn the recent violent attack on the Mosque in Dambulla by a group of [...]

A report from a U.N. mine removal expert says unexploded cluster munitions have been found in northern Sri Lanka, appearing to confirm, for the first time, that the weapons were used in that country’s long civil war.The revelation is likely to increase calls for an international investigation into possible war crimes stemming from the bloody final months of fighting in the quarter-century civil war that ended in May 2009. The government has repeatedly denied reports it used cluster munitions during the final months of fighting.