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Opinion | Dissanayake's NPP Win: A Turning Point In India-Sri Lanka Ties?
The NPP received overwhelming support from ethnic minorities, even in Tamil-majority areas in the north and east, where its candidates outperformed traditional Tamil nationalist parties.
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Spreading False Narrative Of Genocide Over 2009 Incident: Sri Lanka On Canada
The Sri Lankan government has once again slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for engaging in vote bank politics by consistently spreading "false narrative" about the ethnic conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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Sri Lanka President To Hold All-Party Meeting On Reconciliation Of Tamils
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the thorny issue of ethnic reconciliation of minority Tamils in the island nation.
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Expecting Agreement To Solve Ethnic Conflict By Year-End: Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community.
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Lanka President Wants Tamils' Support For Conflict-Hit Northern Region
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday he was committed to devolution of power within a unitary state as a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic issue and underlined the need for Tamil diaspora's engagement.
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This Video Of Irula Tribe Member Extracting Snake Venom Has Left Internet Amazed
Irula Tribe is an ethnic group in Tamil Nadu, that has acquired special permission from the government to extract snake venom and use it for medicinal purposes.
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Leaders Call For UN Help On 4,000 Missing
Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil leaders today asked the top UN human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country's long civil war amid the government's assertion that most of them are probably dead.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Unofficial Ban On Tamil National Anthem On Independence Day
Lifting an unofficial ban, Sri Lanka's national anthem was on Thursday sung in Tamil at a ceremony in Colombo to mark the country's Independence Day, in an effort to achieve reconciliation with the ethnic minority community.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Unofficial Ban On Tamil National Anthem
A Tamil-language version of Sri Lanka's national anthem has been sung at the country's independence ceremony, lifting an unofficial ban in another step toward post-civil war ethnic reconciliation.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Ban on Pro-LTTE Groups, Wants Them to Shun Violence
Sri Lanka today said it has lifted a ban imposed on eight Tamil diaspora groups for their links with the LTTE as part of efforts to reconcile with the ethnic minority community.
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Sri Lanka Slashes List of 'Terrorists' in Reconciliation Bid
Sri Lanka Saturday announced it had significantly scaled back a list of foreign-based "terrorists" as part of reconciliation efforts with its largest ethnic minority, the Tamils.
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Sri Lanka's Icon of Colonial Rule Rises From The Rubble
As an army of labourers churns out limestone bricks, archeologist Prashantha Mandawala reflects on the ambitious task of restoring Sri Lanka's centuries-old Jaffna fort, destroyed by ethnic war.
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After Three Decades, Tamil Lawmaker Named Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader
Sri Lanka's parliament today named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation in the nation following the end of a bloody civil war.
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Sri Lanka Violates Human Rights of Minorities: Report
Sri Lanka continues to violate human rights of its religious and ethnic minorities, six years after the end of civil war in the country that resulted in the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a new independent report.
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Sri Lanka President Wishes for Ethnic Unity on Sri Lankan New Year
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena today wished for unity between the country's Sinhala majority and its Tamil minority on the occasion of Sinhalese New Year, which is celebrated by both communities.
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Opinion | Dissanayake's NPP Win: A Turning Point In India-Sri Lanka Ties?
The NPP received overwhelming support from ethnic minorities, even in Tamil-majority areas in the north and east, where its candidates outperformed traditional Tamil nationalist parties.
-
Spreading False Narrative Of Genocide Over 2009 Incident: Sri Lanka On Canada
The Sri Lankan government has once again slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for engaging in vote bank politics by consistently spreading "false narrative" about the ethnic conflict against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
-
Sri Lanka President To Hold All-Party Meeting On Reconciliation Of Tamils
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will hold an all-party meeting to discuss the thorny issue of ethnic reconciliation of minority Tamils in the island nation.
-
Expecting Agreement To Solve Ethnic Conflict By Year-End: Lanka President
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday said he is keen on settling the ethnic conflict with the minority Tamil community.
-
Lanka President Wants Tamils' Support For Conflict-Hit Northern Region
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday he was committed to devolution of power within a unitary state as a solution to Sri Lanka's ethnic issue and underlined the need for Tamil diaspora's engagement.
-
This Video Of Irula Tribe Member Extracting Snake Venom Has Left Internet Amazed
Irula Tribe is an ethnic group in Tamil Nadu, that has acquired special permission from the government to extract snake venom and use it for medicinal purposes.
-
Sri Lanka's Tamil Leaders Call For UN Help On 4,000 Missing
Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil leaders today asked the top UN human rights official to help determine the fate of more than 4,000 civilians reported missing in the country's long civil war amid the government's assertion that most of them are probably dead.
-
Sri Lanka Lifts Unofficial Ban On Tamil National Anthem On Independence Day
Lifting an unofficial ban, Sri Lanka's national anthem was on Thursday sung in Tamil at a ceremony in Colombo to mark the country's Independence Day, in an effort to achieve reconciliation with the ethnic minority community.
-
Sri Lanka Lifts Unofficial Ban On Tamil National Anthem
A Tamil-language version of Sri Lanka's national anthem has been sung at the country's independence ceremony, lifting an unofficial ban in another step toward post-civil war ethnic reconciliation.
-
Sri Lanka Lifts Ban on Pro-LTTE Groups, Wants Them to Shun Violence
Sri Lanka today said it has lifted a ban imposed on eight Tamil diaspora groups for their links with the LTTE as part of efforts to reconcile with the ethnic minority community.
-
Sri Lanka Slashes List of 'Terrorists' in Reconciliation Bid
Sri Lanka Saturday announced it had significantly scaled back a list of foreign-based "terrorists" as part of reconciliation efforts with its largest ethnic minority, the Tamils.
-
Sri Lanka's Icon of Colonial Rule Rises From The Rubble
As an army of labourers churns out limestone bricks, archeologist Prashantha Mandawala reflects on the ambitious task of restoring Sri Lanka's centuries-old Jaffna fort, destroyed by ethnic war.
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After Three Decades, Tamil Lawmaker Named Sri Lanka's Opposition Leader
Sri Lanka's parliament today named an ethnic minority Tamil politician as the main opposition leader for the first time in 32 years, a sign of growing reconciliation in the nation following the end of a bloody civil war.
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Sri Lanka Violates Human Rights of Minorities: Report
Sri Lanka continues to violate human rights of its religious and ethnic minorities, six years after the end of civil war in the country that resulted in the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), according to a new independent report.
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Sri Lanka President Wishes for Ethnic Unity on Sri Lankan New Year
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena today wished for unity between the country's Sinhala majority and its Tamil minority on the occasion of Sinhalese New Year, which is celebrated by both communities.
