Wednesday, 8th October 2014 By Lakna Paranamanna The Sri Lankan delegation yesterday informed the UN Human Rights Committee that the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will continue to remain in force as the threat of t ...
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Sri Lanka tourist arrivals up 16.8 -pct in September
Wednesday, 8th October 2014 Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals rose 16.8 percent to 105,535 in September 2014 from a year earlier, driven by India and China, data from the state tourism promotion office showed. In the nine ...
Land around tree planted by Che to be made a park
Wednesday, 8th October 2014. A section of the Yahala Kele Rubber Estate at Moragahahena in Horana, where Che Guevara planted a mahogany tree when he visited Sri Lanka in 1959 would be named Che Park at 3.00 pm today, J ...
Only UNHRC failed to recognise freedom enjoyed by Sri Lanka with eradication of terrorism: President
Wednesday, 8th October 2014. President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday said the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) is the only UN body that failed to recognise the freedom enjoyed by the people of Sri Lanka with th ...
Sri Lanka Apparel Exporters Eye Brazilian Market
Second Row L-R: RS.Wijesundera-Maliban Textiles; PB Mummullage-Globe Knitting; I Dharmawardana-Trendy Connections; HDP Suranjana-Stylish Garments; Raja Edirisuriya-Ambassador; SepalikaJayawardhane-EDB; AA Sattar-Ti ...
Sri Lanka should be judged in proportion to the challenges faced by a country emerging from a 30 year terrorist conflict – Ambassador Aryasinha tells the Human Rights Committee in Geneva
Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva and Leader of the Sri Lanka delegation to the Human Rights Committee Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha asked the Human Rights Committee to “judge Sri Lankain proporti ...
Increase in demand for Sinhala Language in China – Prof. Long Peng
Monday, 6th October 2014 Samanmalie Karunanayake The demand to study Sinhala language in China is rapidly increasing with advancing economic ties between China and Sri Lanka, Beijing Foreign Studies University ( ...
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