A special commission appointed to investigate thousands of missing people during Sri Lanka's three- decade war has received nearly 400 new complaints during hearings in the formerly war torn areas, an official said here on Thursday.
Australia's immigration minister will arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday for top-level talks after the Australian government controversially decided to return 41 asylum seekers in a move condemned by the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday.
The Australian and Sri Lankan governments have moved swiftly to return a group of 41 Sri Lankan nationals who attempted to arrive illegally in Australia by boat, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison announced on Monday.
Sri Lanka's military on Wednesday denied sending a boat to pick up 153 asylum seekers believed to have been on board a ship stranded in Australian waters, an official said.
Britain has welcomed the appointment of a UN-selected panel to investigate into the alleged war crimes during the last seven years of Sri Lanka's conflict and called on the Sri Lankan government to cooperate, an official said here on Thursday.
The Sri Lankan Government invited UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to visit the country and see for himself the post war developments
The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday accused the Canadian government of using its voluntary funds to the Commonwealth Secretariat as a political tool based on the dictates of electoral compulsions.
The Sri Lankan Government on Sunday warned that the U.S.Government may pose a threat to the entire South Asian region.
Thirty more Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lanka Navy on Monday night on charges of fishing in Sri Lanka waters and violating the International Maritime Boundary Line, Sri Lankan Navy told local media Tuesday.
Sri Lanka could become a transshipment hub for drugs in Asia, said an official here on Wednesday, after police records revealed 53,000 people had been arrested for drug offenses in 2013.
The Sri Lankan government on Monday said it would not succumb to any outside pressure to address alleged human rights issues.
Sri Lanka is keen to get oil from Iran once again and is studying a recent deal signed between six world powers with the Iranian government, a senior government official told the local media on Monday.
Commonwealth leaders on Sunday committed to work on post-2015 development including debt financing and climate change during a conference that was marred by criticism over Sri Lanka's human rights record.
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday told Commonwealth representatives that his country wants to ensure sustainable peace.
The Sri Lankan military on Sunday rejected a new video released by a British television channel which accuses the army of committing war crimes.
Sri Lanka is stepping up its campaign for attracting Chinese tourists by engaging with travel agents and participating in Chinese travel fairs, the External Affairs Ministry said here on Thursday.
Over 2,000 prisoners were released in Sri Lanka on Thursday to mark World Prisoner's Day, an official said here, assuring that the offenders were incarcerated for minor offenses.
简体中文
