COLOMBO, Sept 24:

On the first anniversary of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake assuming office, the main Tamil party in Sri Lanka has written to him urging for talks to address the “Tamil national question.”

Dissanayake took oath on September 23 last year following a landslide win. His party, the National People’s Power (NPP), had promised devolution of power to local governments in its manifesto.

“It is now one year since you took office as the president of the country. In your election manifesto and in several announcements you have promised to resolve this most pressing issue. However no action seems to have been taken in respect of this matter in last one year,” the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the principal Tamil party in the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), said in its lett

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