New Military Spokesman Appointed
Brigadier Nilantha Premaratne has been appointed as the new Media Spokesman of the Sri Lanka Army
He takes over from Brigadier Chandana Wickremesinghe, who served as the Spokesman until today.
21 policemen at the Dalada Maligawa tested positive...
Trial to begin in late April- By Legal Correspondent
The Colombo High Court today (18) served indictments on former Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne and two others in connection with a corruption case filed against them by the Bribery Commission.
The Commission to...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an agreement for a new partnership to support clean and sustainable ocean initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region, and ultimately to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
Sampanthan and others write to the member states of the UNHRC
Several Tamil parties including Tamil National Alliance have written to the member states represented in the United Nations Human Rights Commission to evaluate the current situation pertaining to the...
Are they victims of circumstances?
Sri Lanka’s migrant workers contributed 6.7 billion US dollars to the country’s purse last year. Annually, more than 200, 000 Sri Lankans go overseas to work.
Their remittances continue to remain the number one source of...
The Asian Human Rights Commission in a Press release issued states that the imprisonment of four years is a gross violation of the established legal rules based in the common law tradition and under international law
The Press release further...
India has supplied Rs 200million worth of spare parts to service Indian made Indra radar equipment used by Sri Lanka Air Force to detect low flying air- craft, a Press Release issued by the Indian High Commission said
The Press...
Former Minister and SLPP founder Basil Rajapaksa is likely to take oaths as a Parliamentarian on the 6th of July. According to SLPP sources, he will swear in as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development on the same day....
US charges three Sri Lankans for Easter Sunday Attacks
The US Justice Department announced that three Sri Lankan citizens have been charged with terrorism offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization (ISIS).
They were part...
Vaccine Deployment and Investment Key to Sustaining the Recovery
Development risks remain as economic activity, incomes likely to stay low for extended period
The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread...
The Central in a process of drafting a Regulation in relation to developing a comprehensive financial consumer protection framework. This will be covering the entities under its purview, enabling them to proactively engage in regulation of financial market conduct...
The second quarter of the 2020 GDP estimates, has shown an unprecedented fall in real GDP by 16.3 percent, with compared to the 1.1 percent of growth rate recorded in the second quarter of 2019, and it is the...
