Sri Lankan Tamil party refuses to join talks

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 02:11

Sri Lanka`s main minority Tamil political party has decided to continue boycotting a parliament process aimed at reaching a political solution after the end of a three-decade-old conflict, a Tamil legislator said Wednesday.

Rajapaksa calls for homegrown solution for Tamil issue

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 15:01

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has invited main Tamil party leaders, including Chief Minister of the northern province C V Wigneswaran, to join hands with him for national reconciliation rather than looking for a solution from a "foreign nation".

111 Indian fishermen remanded in custody in Sri Lanka

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 14:38

A Sri Lankan court has remanded 111 Indian fishermen, arrested for allegedly entering the country`s waters, in judicial custody till next Friday.

Maldives ratifies anti-human trafficking bill

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:09

Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has ratified the Anti-Human Trafficking Bill, making it a criminal offence in the country, media reported here Monday.

Opposition leader of Lanka northern council held for murder

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 18:03

An opposition leader in Sri Lanka`s newly established Northern Provincial Council was on Wednesday arrested for his alleged role in the murder of a member of his own party, the first political murder in the region since LTTE`s defeat.

Tamil poet arrested in Lanka for visa violation

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 15:53

Norwegian Tamil poet and actor VIS Jeyapalan has been arrested in Sri Lanka for violating visa regulations.

China calls for global understanding on human rights issues

Last Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013, 20:31

China has said the international community should enhance mutual understanding and cooperation on the issue of human rights as there are differences and disagreements on rights protection.

Next round postponed in Colombia peace talks

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 12:36

The next round of talks between Colombia and the leftist FARC rebels -- planned for November 18 -- has been postponed, a government source has said.

Colombians march in miniskirts over rape comments

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:50

A group of women dressed in miniskirts have mobilised outside of one of Colombia`s most-famed nightspots to protest comments by its owner that a woman`s high hemline may have contributed to her alleged sexual assault.

NCP leader Anwar praises govt`s stand on Lanka rights violation during CHOGM

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 16:14

The UN Human Rights Council has urged Sri Lanka to allow an independent body to investigate the alleged war crimes.

Colombo rejects human rights probe, defends hosting CHOGM

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 14:06

Sri Lanka insisted Saturday that the Commonwealth cannot sit in judgement on its members and rejected British Prime Minister David Cameron`s warning of an international probe into its human rights record.

CHOGM Summit: PM seeks to assuage feeling of TN people

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 13:45

Seeking to assuage the feelings of the people of Tamil Nadu opposed to India`s participation in the CHGOM meet in Sri Lanka, PM Wednesday detailed relief and rehabilitation efforts for minorities living thee.