The agreement comes four days ahead of President Wickremesinghe's visit to China
China’s EXIM Bank and Sri Lanka have reached a debt restructuring agreement covering an outstanding debt of US$ 4.2 billion, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance said in...
National People’s Power (NPP) Parliamentarian Dr. Harini Amarasuriya today filed a Special Determination Petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the Online Safety Bill.
The petitioner stated that the bill has serious implications for the fundamental right of...
Seventeen (17) Special Determination petitions have been filed so far before the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutionality of the Online Safety Bill. These petitions are to be taken up for hearing on October 18.
The petitioners are:
The President of the...
China has assured that it remains ready to work together with all relevant international financial institutions to jointly play a positive role in helping Sri Lanka ease its debt burden and achieve sustainable development.
Speaking during his regular press briefing...
The Election Commission today issued an extraordinary gazette notification appointing SLMC member Ali Zahir Moulana Seiyad as a Member of Parliament for the Batticaloa electoral district.
The Election Commission appointed Moulana as an MP following the disqualification of former Minister...
India's Minister of External Affairs, Dr. S. Jaishankar, met with President Ranil
Wickremesinghe today (11) at the Presidential Secretariat
Extensive discussions were held to further strengthen Indo-Sri Lankan relations, resulting in the signing of three new bilateral agreements aimed at enhancing...
The members of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank held a discussion with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Sri Lanka’s financial requirements for projects for the next 5 years in Colombo yesterday.
Expressing satisfaction over Sri Lanka’s...
Discussions between Sri Lanka and all its creditors are ongoing, though the International Monetary Fund has not been informed about any specific agreements, its mission chief for the country said on Wednesday.
“We will need to assess the entire package...
Australia’s Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tim Watts, MP, yesterday signed the renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Cooperation in Sports.between Sri Lanka and Australia, together with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Sports andYouth Affairs, Roshan Ranasinghe MP The signing...
Three people who were convicted of beating a resident of Meegamawatta Colony in Navuththuduwa in Matunga to death 31 years ago were sentenced to death by Kalutara High Court Judge Pradeep Abeyratne today.
Another accused, who was convicted, was also...
President Wickremesinghe shared his plans to introduce private universities to Sri Lanka during his meeting with the visiting UK Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, in Colombo today.
The President also expressed optimism about the potential involvement of...
Foreign Minister Ali Sabry says that steps will be taken to evacuate Sri Lankans in Israel if such a need arises.
He says that the Sri Lankans in Israel are closely monitored by the Sri Lankan Embassy in Tel Aviv,...
