In a growing diplomatic row between Sri Lanka and the United States, the Government wants to pursue the controversy over the US human rights report on Sri Lanka despite Washington’s insistence that it stands by the report’s contents.
The Government will submit a detailed report to the US Embassy in Colombo, Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said yesterday.
The JVP has listed a series of demands if it is to consider contesting the forthcoming Provincial Council elections to the Eastern Province, a frontline MP of the party told The Sunday Times yesterday.
The heavy rain that has been experienced in most parts of the country during the past few days is being described as the latter part of Northeast monsoon activated by a low-level disturbance in the atmosphere, an official said yesterday.
