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SUNIL JAYASIRI

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Sunil Jayasiri is an experienced journalist with over 20 years in the field, focusing on defense reporting, human rights, socio-political issues and international relations. After serving as a former defense correspondent for Daily Mirror, Sunil now holds the position of Associate Editor at Daily Mirror-Sri Lanka

SL women have achieved many milestones-First Lady

08 Mar 2014

13

First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, in her message for International Women’s Day, said that Sri Lankan women had achieved many milestones had set many valuable examples to women in most societies.

Draft resolution violates SL’s constitution provisions-SL

07 Mar 2014

9

Sri Lanka says the draft resolution on Sri Lanka deposited with the Human Rights Council by a core group comprising - the USA, UK, Mauritius, Montenegro and Macedonia, violates the constitutional provisions of Sri Lanka.

SL’s success, an inspiration for Afghan peace efforts-Karzai

07 Mar 2014

3

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who concluded his three-day official visit to Sri Lanka today, said Sri Lanka’s success in bringing about peace and stability in the country, ‘is a source of inspiration for Afghanistan’s peace and reconciliation efforts.’

UK wants SL to sign UN declaration

07 Mar 2014

11

Britain today urged the Sri Lankan government to sign the UN Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict.

SL businessman denied bail in fraud case in US

07 Mar 2014

7

After listening to a prosecutor paint a bleak picture of Sri Lankan born Deepal Wannakuwatte’s chances of beating charges of orchestrating a $150 million fraud, a federal magistrate judge on Thursday ordered the Sacramento businessman back to jail without bail as a flight risk.

GL accuses int. comm. & Pillay of making reconciliation harder

06 Mar 2014

6

External Affairs Minister G. L. Peiris during his meeting with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navaneetham Pillay said that the highly prejudiced actions taken by sections of the international community and the Office of the High Commissioner to give disproportionate attention to Sri Lanka had only made the separatist diaspora Tamil elements and their proxies in the north more intransigent, making the intensely difficult tas

New nine Majors Generals

05 Mar 2014

2

Nine Brigadiers of the Sri Lanka Army have been promoted to the rank of Major Generals, military sources said.

Army officer and two soldiers suspended

05 Mar 2014

7

Sri Lanka Army has suspended the services of an army officer and two other soldiers who were arrested for alleged involvement in a robbery of cash and jewellery from a shop in Padukka.

Tamil Diaspora unhappy with US resolution

04 Mar 2014

28

A pro-Tamil nationalist Diaspora group on Tuesday slammed a US-sponsored draft resolution at the UNHRC that called for an international probe into Sri Lanka's alleged rights abuses during the war with Tamil rebels.

Lankan jailed for life over murder in UK

04 Mar 2014

12

A callous killer has been jailed for life after police filmed him confessing at the scene and saying: ”I hope she’s dead. I’m happy she die.”

First draft resolution on SL ‘circulated’

04 Mar 2014

2

The first draft resolution, calling the Sri Lanka government to conduct an independent and credible investigation into allegations of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law was circulated during the first day of the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.

India for 'much more progress' in reconciliation in SL

03 Mar 2014

2

India on Monday made it clear that it looks for "much more progress" in the reconciliation process in Sri Lanka while being non-committal on how it will vote at the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution on the country's alleged rights abuses during the war with Tamil Tiger rebels. 

BJP can be a force of unity-SL envoy

02 Mar 2014

3

Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Prasad Kariyawasam said on Saturday that his country believed that the India's Bharathiya Janatha Party(BJP) could be a force of unity.

Hakeem admits to verbal lashing by MR

01 Mar 2014

22

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauff Hakeem today admitted he received a verbal lashing from President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a cabinet meeting but dismissed it as no more than an "expression of ideas".

Air Force to assist fisheries officials in surveillance

01 Mar 2014

2

Sri Lanka’s Air Force would assist the country’s fisheries officials in surveillance of the frequent straying by Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen on to each other’s waters, its new chief said on Saturday.

Karzai in Colombo on March 5

01 Mar 2014

6

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who postponed his planned visit to Sri Lanka last week, has re-scheduled his visit and will be here on March 5, the External Affairs Ministry said today.

Mankulam should be the Northern Capital-TELO

01 Mar 2014

22

Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) Leader Selvam Adaikalanathan has proposed that Mankulam in Vavuniya be named as the capital of the Northern Province.

Not associated with cultural show in SL-Star Vijay

01 Mar 2014

1

Popular Tamil TV channel in India 'Star Vijay' today denied reports that it was associated with a cultural show in Sri Lanka, saying they were "contrary to facts."

No progress even after Pillay’s visit to SL-UK

28 Feb 2014

12

While welcoming the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay report on Sri Lanka, Britain said that it is deeply disappointing to note that the Sri Lanka have not taken any of the steps recommended following the Pillay’s visit in August 2013.

We will do it in SL-John Kerry

27 Feb 2014

49

While claiming that the Sri Lanka government has not made sufficient progress on post-war reconciliation and ensuring justice and accountability for alleged war crimes, the United States said that it would support another UN Human Rights Council resolution at the March session.

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