02-04-2014 By M.M Zuhair Sri Lanka has one more year within which it could effectively countermand the mandate the Human Rights Council (HRC) has given ...
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Second round of fishermen talks may be after Lok Sabha polls
Meera SrinivasanP. V. SrividyaD. J. Walter Scott April 01, 2014 Negotiating team to be informed of date once all fishermen are released Even as fisherm ...
Colombo correction
UPA finally breaks its habit of putting party interest over national interest. C. Raja Mohan | April 1, 2014 The UPA government’s decision to abstain on a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Counc ...
Vindictive Navi Pillay too biased to conduct impartial inquiry
By H. L. D. Mahindapala April 02, 2014 Barrack Obama Dav ...
Sri Lanka claims moral victory from war crimes vote
March 30, 2014 Colombo: Sri Lanka tried to claim a moral victory on Friday and insisted it would push on with reconciliation efforts after being censured by the UN's top rights body for failing to bring perpetrators of ...
India abstains from Lanka resolution
Friday, 28 March 2014 | PTI/PNS | Geneva/New Delhi ‘Intrusive’ UN move undermines national sovereignty and is counterproductive, asserts New Delhi India for the first time on Thursday abstained from voting on an ...
Sri Lanka takes over the first Australian Custom Vessel Corio Bay gifted by Australia
The Sri Lankan flag replaced the Australian Border Protection Command flag on board the Australian Custom vessel Corio Bay amidst the playing of the two National Anthems to symbolize the handing over of the above vessel ...