The Canadian Liberal politician Jim Karygiannis has launched a petition campaign soliciting support for a motion in the Canadian House of Commons to urge Canada to move and put forward a motion in the Commonwealth to revoke Sri Lanka’s membership and recognise the Genocide against the Tamil nation, on the World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May.
World Press Freedom Day is a time to honour and remember journalists, editors, producer and media workers around the world and the crucial work they do.
JUN TABUSHI, Staff Write of the new English-language digital version of the Asahi Shimbun AJW, Japan's leading daily newspaper reports, Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso's visit to Sri Lanka yielded promises of stronger ties between the two countries, bringing Japan a step closer to its goal of building a coalition against China.
Aso, who had been eager to visit the maritime nation, met with Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo on May 2, and the two agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation further
One of the biggest insults a government can deliver to another — the diplomatic equivalent of a slap in the face — is for the leader of one country to refuse to attend a high profile gathering hosted by another. Well, Canada has just slapped Sri Lanka, said Ottawa Citizen one of Canada's largest news network
President of Jathika Hela Urumaya, (JHU), Ven Athuraliye Rathana thero says that costume of Muslim ladies is a dangerous omen and those who are acting against the common law of the country by changing their uniforms should be punished. The President of the party said this issuing an announcement to the media.
Bishop Raymond Wickramasinghe of Galle (Sri Lanka) is seeking the prayers of the faithful worldwide as the nation’s Christians and Muslims suffer persecution from Bodu Bala Sana (BBS), the “Buddhist Taliban.”
The Fides news agency reported that Buddhist monks were involved in 50 attacks on Christians in 2012. One prelate, Bishop Rayyappu Joseph of Mannar, suffered slight injuries when stones were thrown at him in September.
Minister of State Management Reforms Navin Dissanayaka says that the Sinhala Buddhists in Sri Lanka should show the whole world by allowing the other religious beliefs to be freely practiced in Sri Lanka
