President Gotabaya Rajapakse pledges to protect country’s sovereignty and acknowledges the challenges that lie ahead
President Gotabaya Rajapakse told the country that the challenges of establishing national security, achieving true reconciliation amongst various communities and building a strong economy that...
The petitions filed by Ratnapura District Parliamentarian Premalal Jayasekera and two others challenging their conviction in the Ratnapura High Court were fixed for argument by the Court of Appeal on Wednesday.
They were convicted for committing the murder of an...
NEW DELHI: India has taken up with Sri Lanka in the strongest terms the killing of Tamil Nadu fishermen in the island nation, and has made it very clear that such incidents are unacceptable, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar...
(Geneva) – Sri Lanka’s government is aggressively attacking efforts to hold officials to account for past grave abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
The 93-page report, “Open Wounds and Mounting Dangers: Blocking Accountability for Grave Abuses...
Sri Lanka’s decision to back down from ECT agreement
Indian High Commissioner Gopal Baglay met with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Tuesday, to discuss the fate of the Eastern container Terminal...
India’s deputy high Commissioner tells two delegations from the East
Deputy High Commissioner for India in Sri Lanka Vinod K Jacob has reiterated the position of the Government of India that meaningful devolution is the way forward for achieving the...
Sri Lanka stocks fell by 6.5 per cent to a new low on Tuesday wiping out at least 245 billion rupees from stock values.
This is consequent to making sharp gains over several weeks owing to low interest rates by...
Files writ petition in the Court of Appeal
Maverick film actor turned politician Ranjan Ramanayake today claimed his Parliamentary seat through a writ petition filed in the Court Of Appeal.
Ramanayake by his petition seeks an order restraining the...
The Medical officer concerned received treatment at the Karapitiya Hospital.
He was thirty two years old and the first doctor to succumbed to Covid 19.
Meanwhile it has been reported that Southern Governor Willie Gamage has also been infected with Covid 19.
India Has insisted that Sri Lanka abide by the Memorandum of Cooperation (NoC) signed between the two countries in May 2019.
This was following Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's assertion that 100 percent of the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port...
The government is likely to elevate Parliamentarian Mahinda Samarasinghe to Cabinet level to face the challenges posed by the UNHCR.
.Earlier too under President Mahinda Rajapaksa he held a similar portfolio.
The government is also contemplating on appointing A L M Athaulla as...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has promised the Port Trade Unions that the Eastern Terminal of the Colombo port will not be sold or leased out to any outside party and it will be totally held by the Sri Lanka...
