Tag: politics

July 27, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s budget for 2013 will allocate funds for state agencies where money is needed to implement recommendations of a commission which went in to the root causes of a civil war, a top official said. Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), has come up with a number […]

July 05, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will start diplomatic relations with 15 African countries, cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella said. Diplomatic relations will be established with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Republic of Malawi, Burkina Faso, Republic of Chad, Republic of Djibouti, Central African Republic, Gabonese Republic, Republic of Cameroon, Republic of Cote d’lvoire, Republic […]

July 2, 2012 (LBO) – The European Union and the United States has called upon Sri Lanka not to suppress media and limit freedom of expression, after the arrest of journalists working for two websites critical of the ruling administration. The two websites are linked to Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party. “The Heads […]

July 01, 2012 (LBO) – Karu Jayasuriya, deputy leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party has called for an end to arbitrary rule stemming from the current constitution, a report said. “As a member of the UNP, the country’s single largest political party, I believe that the time is right to call upon […]

June 23, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lankan and international media freedom organizations had expressed expressed concern over the removal of an editor of Ceylon Today, a Sri Lankan broadsheet, and said it sought to find out the reasons. œThe dismissal of Lalith Allahakkoon by Ceylon Today is worrying, Reporters without Boraders a Paris based press […]

May 21, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka former army chief Sarath Fonseka walked out of prison on Monday to a hero’s welcome, after President Mahinda Rajapakse ordered his release. Fonseka unsuccessfully tried to unseat Rajapakse in the January 2010 presidential election. The two fell-out as to who should take credit to crush the Tigers in […]

Mar 21, 2012 (LBO) – The United States will not push for economic sanctions on Sri Lanka despite calls for a probe into alleged war crimes, Robert Blake, a top US State Department official said in an exclusive interview. But the government needs to move faster on reconciliation between the island’s main communities after the […]

Mar 20, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s business chambers have opposed a resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council against alleged war crimes in the campaign that crushed Tamil Tiger separatists. “The joint Chambers of Commerce of Sri Lanka express concern over the resolution to be tabled at the UNHRC against Sri Lanka,” they […]

Mar 19, 2012 (LBO) – India might vote against Sri Lanka in the United Nations Human Rights Council which is debating alleged war crimes in the island, news reports quoted Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh as saying. Tamil Nadu political parties have been urging the Indian government to take a strong stand on the atrocities […]

Mar 01, 2012 (LBO) – The United Kingdom has tightened immigration rules, ending automatic settlement for skilled workers but allowing scientists and those in low-paid jobs where there are worker shortages and limited stay for servants. œOur reforms of the immigration system will ensure we are more selective, not only about those who are allowed […]

Feb 28, 2012 (LB) – Bangladesh photographer, activist and social entrepreneur Shahidul Alam, challenged Sri Lankans to think creatively to flag social issues that grips the developing world. Driven by largely autocratic governments, developing nations like Sri Lanka battle veiled censorship, subtle military rule and commercial pressure that often suppress unsavoury topics. “Don’t let those […]

Jan 23, 2012 (LBO) – Building a secular state can prevent oppression of minorities and victims of an arbitrary state should learn to forgive but must also speak out for change, writers participating in a literary festival in Sri Lanka said. India, a land of Maharajahs, became a democracy with voting rights and parliamentary legislating […]