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Sri Lanka nationalist group protests against UK

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 20:16

Sri Lankan Buddhist nationalist group protested against British PM David Cameron`s warning to institute international inquiry into the alleged human rights violations during the war against the LTTE.

1984 riots: Sikh hardliners demand credible probe

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 18:58

Radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa on Sunday requested British Premier David Cameron to prevail upon his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh to ensure a time-bound probe by an international agency into the 1984 riots.

David Cameron puts March deadline for Sri Lanka rights abuse inquiry

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 10:45

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that no inquiry will be conducted under any pressure and that the country will take its own time to investigate into the allegations.

Rajapaksa rejects Cameron`s demand for probe into war crimes

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 00:42

Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday rejected British Prime Minister David Cameron`s demand for an international inquiry and said Sri Lanka must be trusted to conduct its own probe.

Commonwealth chief says summit a success despite controversy

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 23:46

The Commonwealth chief on Saturday rejected suggestions that the controversy-hit CHOGM summit here would fail to produce real results, saying talks among leaders of the grouping have been "productive".

Sri Lanka denies refusing visas to human rights lawyers

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 17:05

Sri Lanka has denied claims by an international group of human rights lawyers that its delegation was barred from visiting the country ahead of the troubled CHOGM summit.

Murali to inaugurate cricket pitches in former LTTE stronghold

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 16:39

Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan will be inaugurating the new cricket pitches laid in a stadium in the former LTTE stronghold of Kilinochchi.

British PM to pay landmark trip to Sri Lanka`s ex-warzone

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 15:51

Britain`s David Cameron is set to become the first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka`s war-torn Tamil heartland during next month`s Commonwealth summit when he will press Colombo on human rights.

Sri Lanka`s first elected Tamil chief minister takes oath

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 00:06

CV Wigneswaran was on Monday sworn in as the first elected Tamil Chief Minister of Northern Province - the stronghold of the vanquished rebel LTTE - weeks after his party secured a landslide victory in the historic polls held after nearly three decades.

PIL against proposed sale of Indian warships to Sri Lanka

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 20:32

A PIL petition seeking a direction to the Centre to cancel the proposed sale of two Naval warships to Sri Lanka has been filed in the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court.

TNA picks Muslim for northern provincial council

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 22:34

The Tamil National Alliance, which won last week`s historic northern provincial elections in Sri Lanka, has named a Muslim and a women member of the party to fill two bonus seats.

Sri Lanka rejects UN commissioner`s call for international probe

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 15:46

Sri Lanka rejected UN rights chief Navi Pillay`s call for international probe if it fails to show clear progress by next March in probing war crimes during three-decade long conflict with LTTE.