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External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday said that bilateral talks between the government and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on the national issue could take ...

Everybody lost in civil war, high commissioner says. ‘We want to move on and catch up.’ By Jennifer Campbell, The Ottawa Citizen August 23, 2011 11:35 PM OTTAWA — Not surprisingly, in the face of NDP members urging the ...

Rasika SOMARATHNA Sri Lanka's first Migration Resources Centre (24/7 call centre) was opened at the premises of Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) head office at Battaramulla yesterday. Minister of Foreign Em ...

The genesis of the modern State system and the “Doctrine of Sovereignty and Equality of States” is as recent as 1648 and the Peace of Westphalia. Relations between India and Sri Lanka, however, are ancient and predate t ...

Countering terrorist financing and money laundering:

US report lauds Lanka’s commitment

Rasika SOMARATHNA

Sri Lanka has shown a high level of commitment to counter terrorist financing and money laundering, a US state department report on terrorism said. The ‘Country Reports on Terrorism’, released last Thursday, said that while there were no terrorist incidents within Sri Lanka in 2010, there were continuing concerns that the LTTE’s international network of financial support might still be functioning and therefore, most counter-terrorism activities undertaken by the Sri Lankan government were targeted at countering terrorist finance.

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Lakshman Kadirgamar: The Architect of the Strategy to curb Terrorism and promote Reconciliation and a man of wisdom in Diplomacy August 12, 2011, 6:07 pm by Satarathilaka Banda Atugoda The Sunday Island of August 7th ...

Republic of Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed who arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday on an official visit was welcomed by External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris at the Bandaranaike International Airport. Picture by K ...