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Sri Lanka urged to 'vocally support' Ukraine by West, Japan

Ukraine has been resisting especially on the ground

March 18, 2022 5 min read

Journo attack: Sri Lanka media minister ready to accept govt responsibility if investigations fail

“The government will be unable to absolve itself of that responsibility. I am still of that position,” he said.

March 15, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka to appoint panel to assist economic council after criticism

The committee was appointed to assist the 11-member Economic Council appointed in early March.

March 15, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka to issue death/missing certificates to disappeared, pay 100,000 LKR to next of kin

“The president also advised that land also be provided to them if they have an issue pertaining to land.”

March 15, 2022 2 min read
Sri Lanka opposition calls SLPP bluff, challenges ruling party to defeat budget

The SLPP can defeat the upcoming budget if they want a parliamentary election, he said.

Sri Lanka's legal system delays discourage investors: Minister

Sri Lanka must digitise legal system, expedite court cases to attract investors, minister of foreign affairs says

Sri Lanka and Australia discuss Indian Ocean security

Sri Lanka's Deputy Foreign Minister Harsha de Silva and Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop had talks on se...

March 30, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka President signals green light for VVIP arrests

President Maithripala Sirisena Wednesday drew a clear distinction between war heroes and those who used national securit...

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March 29, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka central bank replaces bond tender board

Sri Lanka's central bank has replaced a tender board that conducts government bond auctions, its former Chairman P Samar...

March 29, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka FM slams Rajapaksa extravaganza

Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on Tuesday drew a comparison between President Maithripala Sirisena's m...

March 28, 2017 1 min read

War crime probes will hinder Sri Lanka's reconciliation - ex-defence secretary

COLOMBO, March 27 (Reuters) - War crime investigations backed by some Western countries and the United Nations will exac...

March 28, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Employees Provident Fund managers face disciplinary action

Sri Lanka's central bank said officials in charge of Employees' Provident Fund, a forced saving scheme of private sector...

March 28, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 'inviting trouble' with India by giving port to China: ex-Defence Secy

Sri Lanka is 'inviting trouble' by giving Hambantota port on a 99-year lease to China, as India had earlier objected to ...

March 28, 2017 3 min read

Maldives ex-President Nasheed vows to take parliament

The exiled former leader of the Maldives Sunday announced plans to take control of the national parliament after hammeri...

March 27, 2017 2 min read

India navy ship to survey Sri Lanka's southern seas

An Indian navy oceanographic vessel will survey seas off Sri Lanka's southern coast in a joint exercise with the island'...

March 26, 2017 2 min read

Russia and Sri Lanka in 'final stages' of striking warship deal: report

Russia is close to wrapping up a deal to sell a Gepard 3.9 class ships to Sri Lanka, a media report said, a media report...

March 25, 2017 1 min read
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UN demands 'significant progress' from Sri Lanka on rights

The UN Human Rights Council Thursday unanimously adopted another resolution on Sri Lanka demanding "further significant ...

Our Political Correspondent
March 23, 2017 2 min read

Malaysia fines rights activist for Sri Lanka documentary screening

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Human rights activist Lena Hendry was fined $2,260 (RM10,000) on Thursday after a Malaysian ...

March 23, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to facilitate illegal workers in Saudi Arabia to use amnesty

Diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia are ready provide travel documents for Sri Lankans working in the Kingdom illegally ...

March 23, 2017 1 min read

UN rights chief blasts Sri Lanka over war probe

The UN rights chief on Wednesday condemned Sri Lanka's persistent failure to probe war-era atrocities, suggesting that t...

March 23, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to investigate crooked judicial medical officers

Two judicial medical officers who provided false autopsy reports in high profile murders will face criminal investigatio...

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March 22, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka VVIP guard dies during endurance test

A bodyguard of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa died on Tuesday during a physical endurance test, police said.

March 21, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka ex-leader's brother shifts blame for death squad

The brother of Sri Lanka's former president Mahinda Rajapakse denied on Tuesday his involvement in war-era death squads,...

March 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's ex-defence secretary behind death squad: CID

Sri Lanka's former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was behind a secret death squad that targeted journalists and o...

March 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka freezes Rajapaksa assets exceeding five billion: FM

The value of assets seized as part of on-going investigations against immediate family members of former president Mahin...

Our Political Correspondent
March 19, 2017 2 min read
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Sri Lanka general's book becomes war crime dossier: FM

Anti-Sri Lanka activists have snapped up retired army general Kamal Gunaratne's tome to buttress their allegations of wa...

Our Political Correspondent
March 18, 2017 3 min read