India working to water down ‘intrusive’ US draft text
India is not comfortable with the US-sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which asks for “unfettered access” in the island nation — which Colombo feels impinges on...
View ArticlePresident declares open Mattala International Airport
President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared open the country's second airport, Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport a short while ago. The President and First Lady,Shiranthi Rajapaksa arrived at Mattala...
View ArticleIran Navy warns off Australian plane near SL
A top Iranian naval official says Iran’s 24th fleet has warned off an Australian reconnaissance plane as it approached the Sri Lankan coast. Commander Siavosh Jarreh said on Sunday that the Australian...
View ArticleUS tables ‘toned down’ final resolution on Sri Lanka
The US is going ahead with its resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva as the Rajapaksa government has failed to fulfill its international obligations, the Obama...
View ArticleIndia calls off defence talks with Sri Lanka
Amid severe attack by Tamil parties over engagement with Sri Lanka, India has called off the annual defence dialogue between the neighboring countries scheduled to start from March 23. No reason was...
View ArticleIndian envoy to Geneva called for consultations on resolution
India on Monday asked its envoy in Geneva to return for consultations on the US resolution on Sri Lanka as Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa told New Delhi to take a tough stand against Colombo...
View ArticleThree men who attacked Lankan monk arrested
The Indian Government Railway Police (GRP) have arrested the three men who attacked a Buddhist monk at Chennai Central railway station on Monday. Ven. W.M.K. Bhandara (33) was attacked by the men on...
View ArticleOIC expresses concern over Sri Lanka’s ethnic tensions
The Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the parent body of 57 member countries, has expressed its concerns yesterday over the escalating ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka, which has...
View ArticleAll-party meeting on Sri Lanka resolution ends inconclusively
The all-party meeting convened by the Indian government to discuss the draft of a resolution on Sri Lanka ended inconclusively. Most parties except the DMK and Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK opposed a...
View ArticleIndia to move two last-minute amendments to US resolution
India is scheduled to move two amendments to the US-sponsored resolution in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) against Sri Lanka. India’s envoy to the UN, Dilip Sinha, who was in New Delhi until...
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Us rejected indian Amendments to resolution
Seven amendments proposed by India to the United States-sponsored resolution on human rights in Sri Lanka were rejected by Washington. The US turned down India’s suggestions to the resolution on the...
View ArticleDMK, Aiadmk slam govt for diluting lanka resolution
On the day the United States-sponsored resolution on human rights violations in Sri Lanka was adopted at the United Nations Human Rights Council, both the DMK and the AIADMK criticised the United...
View ArticleSri Lankan businessman wanted over double murder case
Australian homicide detectives are yet to track down a Sri Lankan businessman whom they believe holds the key to unlocking a decade-old murder mystery. Nihal York has been on the run for at least...
View ArticleNo Sri Lankan players in Chennai IPL matches: Jayalalithaa
As protests in support of the Sri Lankan Tamils continued, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said IPL matches would be permitted in the state only if there were no Sri Lankan players,...
View ArticleChennai Super Kings likely to drop Lankan players
CHENNAI: Chennai Super Kings is set to drop Sri Lankan recruits Nuwan Kulasekara and Akila Dhananjaya for the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League, starting on April 3. It is being seen as a...
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'World's oldest person' found in South Africa
At 119 years old Johanna Mazibuko, who lives in small town south-west of Johannesburg, could be the world's oldest person. Ms Mazibuko was born in 1894, according to her identity papers, and has...
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Hacker Barnaby Jack dies on cusp of heart device talk
SAN FRANCISCO, California — Medical examiners on Friday were working to figure out what killed 36-year-old hacker Barnaby Jack, a software wizard poised to give a talk on wirelessly tampering with...
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Spanish train inquiry focuses on driver with a taste for speed
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain — The train driver did little to hide his taste for speed. He posted a photograph of a locomotive speedometer needle stuck at 200 kilometers, or about 125 miles, per hour...
View Article10 injured as bus slams into wall in Ambalangoda
Ten persons were injured when a luxury private bus went off the road and slammed into a wall in the Randombe area in Ambalangoda early this morning, police said. The injured were admitted to the...
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Obese South African 'too fat' for New Zealand
Authorities in New Zealand have told a South African chef he is too fat to be allowed to live in the country. Immigration officials said Albert Buitenhuis, who weighs 130kg (286 pounds), did not have...
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