More seven star hotels in Sri-Lanka

More seven star hotels in Sri-Lanka[ Wednesday, 06 July 2011, 02:03.10 PM GMT +05:30 ]The Government today revealed in parliament that seven more grand scale hotel complexes similar Hong Kong based Shangri La luxury hotel project will come up in future.

Senior International Monetory Co-operation Minister Sarath Amunugama today said that this was the first time the government was releasing this information.

Amunugama revealed this during the general debate on the relocation of the Defence Headquarters to Battaramulla. He added the ‘Pentagon’ of Sri Lanka will be located in Battaramulla.

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British Defence Secretary Liam Fox to visit Sri-Lanka

British Defence Secretary Liam Fox to visit Sri-Lanka[ Wednesday, 06 July 2011, 02:51.56 PM GMT +05:30 ]British Defence Secretary Liam Fox is to visit Sri Lanka later this week, a spokesperson at the British High Commission in Colombo said.

Fox is scheduled to deliver the Lakshman Kadirgamar lecture over the weekend and on the sidelines of the lecture may meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa and External Affairs Minister G.L Peiris.

His visit comes amidst concerns raised by the British government over allegations of human rights abuses being committed in Sri Lanka during the final stages of the conflict.

Fox was initially scheduled to visit Sri Lanka last December but was later forced to abandon his plans following a reported row with Foreign Secretary William Hague, who feared that he would upset Britain's carefully balanced approach to Colombo.

However the UK Ministry of Defence blamed the postponement of his visit on the need for him to extend a visit to the Gulf. A spokesman for the defence secretary told the British media last year "Dr Fox has postponed his private visit to Sri Lanka due to an extension to his scheduled official visit to the Gulf. He intends to carry out an official visit to Sri Lanka next year, during which he proposes to fulfil the speaking engagement that he had planned."

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Australian Foreign Minister UN Human Rights Council to investigat​e about the war crime in Sri-Lanka

Australian Foreign Minister UN Human Rights Council to investigat?e about the war crime in Sri-Lanka[ Tuesday, 05 July 2011, 04:24.18 AM GMT +05:30 ]The Minister of Foreign Affairs Australia Kevin Rudd says new information about atrocities against Sri Lankan civilians at the end of the civil war is appalling.

A new British television documentary has shown evidence of civilians being killed by government troops.

The 30-year war, which ended in 2009, was waged between Tamils seeking to create their own state and the Sri Lankan government and military.

Last year, a United Nations panel of experts found there was credible evidence that up to 40,000 civilians were killed in the war.

Mr Rudd says the UN's Human Rights Council needs to reinvestigate the issue.

"I believe their deliberation on it was inadequate and I would call upon - as does the Australian Government through its mission in Geneva - the Human Rights Council to revisit this matter and to examine once again whether their original findings can any longer be regarded as well founded," he said.

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