Melani Manel Perera

The meeting between the heads of state held in Colombo ( 15 to 17 November ) was an opportunity to corner the President Mahinda Rajapaksa. If, by March 2014 there are no signs of a real reconciliation , the British prime minister will take the case to the UN .

Representatives of various groups make the request ahead of the Commonwealth summit set to open in Colombo in a few days. Their complaint focuses on forced evictions by the military, religious intolerance against minorities and Sri Lanka's failure to grant Indian Tamils citizenship.

The Anglican Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate calls on Commonwealth leaders to boycott the meeting summit in Colombo on 15-17 November. For Archbishop Tutu, this would put pressure on Rajapaksa and his government to address outstanding issues like forced abductions, war crimes against Tamils, and media repression.

For the 23rd anniversary of the Day of the Disappeared, 350 women have asked the President of Sri Lanka for their loved ones to be returned. The testimony of two mothers. Since 1987, 5 thousand people victims of "enforced disappearances".

Tamil and Sinhalese kids from all of the country's districts took part in a special 'Youth Day'. For many, it was their first pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin at Tewatta. Our Lady of Lanka is the island nation's protectress.

Costing 291 million US dollars , the Colombo- Katunayake Expressway will improve traffic flow and will lead directly to the nation’s international airport. Since the end of the civil war (2009 ), Beijing has emerged as Sri Lanka’s primary financer, with investments of billions of dollars in major projects. Among these, a coal fired power plant and a port.

A solemn celebration in Kurunegala for thousands of faithful from all over the country. Card Ranjith: "A deep bond with Her because we are certain of her love". A young woman reveals she finds “relief and protection" when she prays to the Virgin .

Global Hunger Index 2013 puts Sri Lanka in 43rd place. However , Colombo is the "most improved" country in South Asia : Bangladesh and Pakistan follow at 57th and 58th place , while India is at 67th with " alarming " levels of malnutrition.

This is what local Church leaders want the Northern Province's new chief minister, CV Wigneswaran, to deliver. Elected in the first free vote in the province after the civil war, he is a member of the country's main Tamil party.

The Global Agewatch Index compiles a ranking of the best countries in the world for people of a certain age. Sweden ranks first, Sri Lanka 36th, but it is the fourth Asian country in terms of social and economic welfare. The secret: 98% of the "grandparents" live with their families.

"No Fire Zone: In The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka", by the British director Callum Macrae, was to be screened at a film festival, but the Sri Lankan government has forbidden it. Organizers of the exhibition: "An act contrary to freedom of expression". The film shows the massacres committed by the army and rebels in the final stages of the conflict.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presents the report of official visit to the country, which took place in early September. Pillay urges the government to investigate alleged war crimes committed by the army during the war and denounces "threats" to the country's democracy.