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Share: Colombo (News 1st); With demonstrations taking place in Tamil Nadu, India summoned the acting high commissioner of Sri Lanka to “strongly protest” against the death of three Indian fishermen and a Sri Lankan national following a collision between their boat and a Sri Lankan naval vessel. It is learnt that India had conveyed the protest to the acting Sri Lankan envoy “in person” in Delhi. “Expressing our deep anguish at the loss of lives, we emphasized the need to deal with issues pertaining to fishermen in a humanitarian manner,” said the Ministry of External Affairs of t...

Three significant aspects of Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s recent visit to Sri Lanka need to be highlighted. First, the timely medical assistance to tackle the problems posed by Covid-19; second, New Delhi’s hope that Sri Lanka “in its interest” should fulfil the aspirations of the Tamil community for equality and dignity in a united Lanka; and third, finding a durable solution to the travails of fishermen in the Palk Bay. My focus is on the third subject, which has eluded a solution for the past several decades. The fisheries issue, according to Jaishankar, was discu...

By Saman Indrajith The party leaders yesterday decided to limit Parliament sessions only for two days during the next sitting week. Accordingly, the House will meet today and tomorrow. Leader of the House and Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said that a decision had been made in view of the prevailing situation in the country and a final decision on parliamentary sessions in the future would be made in the coming days, considering the pandemic spread. Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said that it had been decided to continue the business of Parliament while fully adherin...

Posted on January 16th, 2021 H. L. D. Mahindapala After giving leadership to his futile and disastrous insurrection to remain in the White House Donald Trump, the lame duck President of America, has agreed at last to move out – I wouldn’t call it a peaceful transition of power — on January 20,  leaving America in shambles. There are more troops (20,000 National Guards) now in Washington D.C.  than all the troops in Afghanistan, Iran and Syria put together to protect it from – no, not Russia or China –but from internal White terrorist who are threating to r...

Outrage after war memorial for Tamils in University of Jaffna gets destroyed The monument was erected in 2019 in the University in memory of thousands of Tamils killed in one of the bloody episodes Sri Lankan civil war in 2009. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By Online Desk On Friday night, a war memorial/monument, in memory of Tamils killed in Mullivaikkal in Sri Lanka during the late stages of the civil war in 2009, was demolished at the University of Jaffna, according to various reports. Once the news spread, students gathered at the spot and began a protest. There was massive outra...