By Neville Ladduwahetty In 2014 the UN Human Rights Council by resolution A/HRC/25/L.1/Rev.1 authorized the High Commissioner for Human Rights To undertake a comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes by both parties in Sri Lanka during the period covered by the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, and […]

Yahapalana News The 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) commenced today (Sep. 25) at the UN Headquarters in New York with President Sirisena and his son Daham attending the meeting on behalf of Sri Lanka sitting at the country’s podium with the other government officials. The summit on Sustainable Development was begun with the key note address by […]

S. Akurugoda Former Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Mr Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, addressing the media, has expressed  his regret for finishing the war on terror when he came to the so-called Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate serious acts of fraud, corruption and abuse of power, state resources, and privileges (PRECIFAC) few days ago, […]

By Tamara Kunanayakam  The resolution has been drafted craftily to make it marketable to public opinion in Sri Lanka and, thus, help Washington’s new-found ally, and also to ease the fears of developing countries in the Human Rights Council, who will otherwise object to a precedent that could endanger their own independence and sovereignty. The text is scattered […]

Yahapalanaya News President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in New York on the morning of Thursday, September 24,to attend the 70th sessions of the United Nations General Assembly and was welcomed by a group which included Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera and the Sri Lankan Ambassadors in Washington D.C. and New York. Throughout the presidential election, Sirisena’s choice […]

ආබාධිතයෙකුට බිමදමාගෙන පහරදෙන ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොළීසිය.      

රිවිර සිකුරාදා පුවත්පත සදහා ධර්මන් වික්‍රමරත්න ලියන මුරගල තීරු ලිපිය – 122  2015 සැප්තැම්බර් 26 සිකුරාදා(වචන 970)       ලිච්ඡවී රාජ්‍යය හා සප්ත අපරිහානී ධර්ම දැන් නැවතත් කරලියට පැමිණ තිබේ. යහපාලනයට සමඟාමීව ලිච්ඡවී කියවීම නැවත ඇරඹී ඇත. ලිච්ඡවී කියවීම යහපාලනයට සමගාමීව ඇරඹීම හොඳ ක්‍රියාවක් වුවද එහෙත් වර්තමානයේ එය දේශපාලන වේදිකාව වර්ණවත් කරන තවත් එක් වචනයක් පමණි. […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge   Give tear out twist and kill I cross light and Burn caress and lick embrace and look I ring Full peals from the bells until they bleed Frighten the pigeons and make them fly all Around the dovecot until they fall to the Ground already exhausted I will stop up all […]

One of the steamers leaving for Italy from Libya. And everyone is taken in by the loving Europeans – those kind, loving, PC-socialists that are soon going to be overrun.  The next step is a Muslim Europe and the do gooders just can’t see it !!! All thanks to; long ago well planned US policy […]

Courtesy Adaderana A resolution calling for a credible justice process” with Commonwealth and other foreign judges” in order to prosecute for mass atrocities committed during the final stages of the island’s armed conflict has been tabled at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The resolution, which has been negotiated since the draft was released […]