Relations between Sri Lanka and Oman are going from strength to strength and the new Sri Lankan Ambassador, Asoka Girihagama, hopes to do his bit to further boost the already robust ties. Girihagama, who started his sti ...
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President tells Heads of State in New York: Vast progress after defeat of terrorism
*Internally displaced resettled *Demining operations underway *LG polls held in North and East President Mahinda Rajapaksa in New York to attend the 66th UN General Assembly sessions explained to Heads of State of Slo ...
Panel report cannot be taken-up at UNHRC sessions -Min. Prof G.L. Peiris
Rasika SOMARATNE The ‘Darusman’ panel report on Sri Lanka cannot be taken up for discussion at the UN Human Rights Council sessions, in keeping with UN procedural requirements, because it is not an official document at ...
Reconciliation and reconstruction: Sri Lanka becomes a beacon for Pakistan
Published: September 6, 2011 There are many investors lining up in Sri Lanka. Many of them are Pakistanis, sick of the lack of facilities and rise in violence at home. South Asia is looking again at the Sri Lankan model. ...
HRC sessions: Lanka wants issue taken up in Oct. 2012
September 11, 2011, 12:00 pm by Sujeeva Nivunhella in London External Affairs Minister, Prof. G. L. Peiris, said that that ongoing moves to take up Sri Lanka’s issue at the UN Human Rights Council sessions, scheduled t ...
Democratic process in North restored – Kohona
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Dr. Palitha Kohona yesterday said that Sri Lanka is booming economically and the President and the government are enjoying unprecedented approval ...
Amnesty International lacks context on Sri Lanka
Chitranganee WagiswaraSri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada RE: "If there is to be peace, there must be justice," Aug. 10) The international community is well aware of the terrorism waged in Sri Lanka by the Liberation ...