A last minute bid by the EU to scuttle an agreement
between Sri Lanka and the powerful grouping at the UN Human Rights Council
in Geneva by proposing amendments to an already modified resolution moved
by Sri Lanka has helped Colombo to widen its margin in a historic
diplomatic victory.Foreign Ministry sources said that before Sri Lanka
received 29 votes in support of its Resolution and 12 against with six
abstaining, there had...
Seylan’s strategic partner
to be known by mid-June
A decision on a strategic partner for the Seylan Bank is
likely to be announced by June 16, Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard
Cabraal said yesterday.The new proposals by the five short listed bidders
are due by...
An ignorant spokesman
State Department press spokesman Ian Kelly on Friday told a news
briefing in Washington that he didn’t know how the US had voted at
Wednesday’s UN Human Rights Commission’s special session in Geneva when
the European...
