The UNHRC is all about HUMAN RIGHTS. Sri Lanka’s conflict ended with a military offensive that applied international humanitarian laws and not human rights law. Sri Lanka has to be judged by violations of IHL not HR in a non-international armed conflict. Nevertheless, human rights is human rights and there can be no time bar […]

Mahinda Gunasekera Toronto, Canada 84 Tambrook Drive Agincourt, ON Canada M1W 3L9 Right Honourable Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada Ottawa Right Honourable Prime Minister, Canada’s efforts to prevent the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict is greatly appreciated. Your statement on the 12th of February 2021 reaffirming Canada’s commitment to draw attention […]

උපදේශනය සඳහා ජනතා ප්‍රවාහ ජනරජයේ පරමාධිපත්‍යයට ජනතා උපදේශනය අයත් බව ද, එම කාර්යයෙහි වගකීම උත්තරීතර උපදේශක සභාව” නමින් පිහිටුවනු ලබන ආයතනයකට පැවරිය යුතු බව ද අපි නිරීක්‍ෂණය කළෙමු. මෙම උත්තරීතර උපදේශක සභාව” පිහිටුවිය යුත්තේ කෙ ලෙසින් ද? ඒ සඳහා තෝරා පත් කරගත යුත්තේ කවුරුන් ද? එම ජනතා නියෝජිතයන් තෝරා පත් කරගත යුත්තේ කවර ආකාරයෙන් ද? […]

BY SARATH WIJESINGHE Life amid Covid-19 ‘’It is going to disappear one day. It is like a miracle it will disappear’’ repeated Donald Trump former President of the United States of America Let the above be our wishful thinking though living with Covid-19 is frightening and disturbing. But since we are compelled to live with […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය සෞඛ්‍ය විෂය මධ්‍යම රජයෙන් ක්‍රියාත්මක සංවෘත සේවාවක් ලෙස නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පතට ඇතුළත් කරන්නැයි ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.01 දින පස්වරුවේ දැනුම් දුන්නේය. රජයේ වෛද්‍ය නිලධාරින්ගේ සංගමය සමඟ අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාව අතරතුර එම සංගමයේ සභාපති විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍ය අනුරුද්ධ පාදෙණිය මහතා කළ ඉල්ලීමට අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා මෙලෙස එකඟත්වය පළ කළේය. සෞඛ්‍ය සේවය […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය පසුගිය ආණ්ඩු සමයේ අත්හැර දමා තිබූ නාගරික සංවර්ධන ව්‍යාපෘති රැසක් නැවත ආරම්භ කිරීමට මුදල් සහ නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යවරයා ලෙස ගරු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතා අද 2021.03.01 දින පෙරවරුවේ උපදෙස් දුන්නේය‍. නාගරික සංවර්ධන හා නිවාස අමාත්‍යංශයේ ව්‍යාපෘති ගැටලු පිළිබඳව  මුදල් අමාත්‍යංශයේ පැවති සාකච්ඡාවේ දී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මේ බව සඳහන් කළේය. එහිදී අග්‍රාමාත්‍යතුමා […]

By  Amanda Coletta courtesy Washington Post TORONTO — Armed with everything from school attendance records to drones, researchers across Canada are racing to shed light on a bleak part of the country’s history: How many indigenous children died at residential schools, and where are their unmarked graves? From 1883 to 1998, nearly 150,000 indigenous children […]

Geeta Mohan  Courtesy India Today In an exclusive interview to India Today TV, Sri Lanka Foreign Secretary Admiral (Retd) Jayanath Colombage on Monday said that he expects India to stand by and vote in favour of Sri Lanka ahead of next week’s UNHRC sessions on the island nation’s rights and accountability record. India has been […]

Courtesy Adaderana India described Sri Lanka as Priority One” partner in the defence sphere and said the participation of its military aircraft in the 70th anniversary celebration of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) is indicative of the growing cooperation, camaraderie and friendship between the two militaries. The SLAF is celebrating its 70th Anniversary on […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has reported 05 more coronavirus-related deaths, the Director-General of Health Services confirmed today (March 01). As per the Department of Government Information, three male patients and two female patients are among the victims. The new deaths bring the number of COVID-19 related deaths witnessed in Sri Lanka to 476 in total. […]

Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka has registered 111 more positive cases of Covid-19 today (March 01), the Ministry of Health confirmed. Thereby, Sri Lanka has detected 303 new positive cases of COVID-19 within the day. As per statistics, the total number of Covid-19 infections confirmed so far in the country now stands at 83,546. Recoveries from […]

Courtesy Adaderana A copy of the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday attacks has been handed over to Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith. The Director General, Legal Affairs of the Presidential Secretariat Hariguptha Rohanadheera presented the report to the Cardinal Ranjith at the Archbishop’s House today (01). Meanwhile […]

GET REAL with Mahieash Johnney  Sri Lanka is facing repeated baseless accusations at the UNHRC this time around as well, which primarily stems from the Darusman report. What is the reality behind these calls for accountability? 41st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Sarath N. Silva joins Mahieash Johnney this week to […]

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe Courtesy Ceylon Today The world is a divided place as evidenced by the interactive dialogue on the OHCHR Report on Sri Lanka during the ongoing 46th Session of UN Human Rights Council. Instead of being the mediator, the actions of the incumbent High Commissioner of the UNHRC Michelle Bachelet are exacerbating this […]