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Sri Lanka faces the possibility of tough sanctions from UN

Member countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council need to be convinced that the government’s actions will ta...

January 27, 2021 7 min read

Sri Lanka to get free Covid vaccines from India and China

The 500,000 doses of the Indian version of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine for the Covid 19 virus which New Delhi is dona...

January 26, 2021 2 min read

UN experts urge end to forced cremations of Covid dead

Three UN experts said they deplore the implementation of such public health decisions based on discrimination, aggressiv...

January 26, 2021 3 min read

Human Rights Watch calls new Commission of inquiry “disingenuous”

“Foreign governments should not be swayed by this disingenuous attempt to avert urgently needed international action,�...

January 25, 2021 3 min read
14 Sri Lanka firms pledge to increase female board representation to 20-pct

14 companies signed onto a commitment to boost female representation at the board level and in management to 20% by 2025

Sri Lanka police denies firing expired teargas, claims it wouldn't work anyway

Thalduwa further claimed that Sri Lanka Police uses teargas produced by internationally recognised companies.

Sri Lanka Open Government Partnership monitoring team set up

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is to set up a team of people from state and civil society to monitor how official commit...

October 13, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka President's controversial take on commissions, police and rights

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka President's unexpected outburst on Wednesday against police and the criminal justice system has ...

Our Political Correspondent
October 12, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka President signals end to honeymoon

Sri Lanka's President on Wednesday signalled that his honeymoon with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's administratio...

Our Political Correspondent
October 12, 2016 3 min read

US debate degenerates to Sri Lanka presidential poll standard

The latest US presidential election debate between the two main candidates -- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump - degener...

Our Political Correspondent
October 10, 2016 3 min read

SriLankan chief sweeps salacious allegations under the carpet

The head of Sri Lanka's national carrier on Wednesday side-stepped allegations contained in a government commissioned re...

Our Political Correspondent
October 5, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lanka pulls out of SAARC; Pakistan suspends summit

Sri Lanka said it will not participate in a heads of state meeting of the South Asia Association of Regional Co-operatio...

October 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka police chief ticked off over insulting minister

Sri Lanka's new Inspector-General Pujith Jayasundara has been ticked off by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe over two...

September 16, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka mulls voting for citizens abroad

Elections commission is keen to ensure millions of Sri Lankans living abroad are granted voting rights making the electo...

September 15, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka's new leaders going on bended knees to China: MR

Ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka new leaders were going on bended knees after China because no investment w...

September 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka economic crisis caused by reckless deficit spending: MR

Sri Lanka's ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa said reckless post-election spending involving a state worker salary hike and...

September 15, 2016 3 min read
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Sri Lanka condemns North Korea nuclear blast

Sri Lanka has condemned a nuclear test by North Korea and asked the country not to de-stabilize the region.

September 15, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka President sends powerful message to military by deflating air chief

Sri Lanka's President's surprise decision not to extend air chief Gagan Bulathsinghala's term has triggered speculation ...

Our Political Correspondent
September 14, 2016 3 min read

Death sentence for Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa loyalist

A loyalist of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family and former supervisor MP of the defence ministry, Dumind...

Our Political Correspondent
September 8, 2016 3 min read

Court orders fresh autopsy on slain Sri Lanka editor

A Sri Lankan court Thursday ordered a fresh autopsy on the body of a anti-establishment newspaper editor Lasantha Wickre...

Our Police Correspondent
September 8, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka demands security for envoy after Malaysia assault

Sri Lanka on Monday demanded a swift arrest of those responsible for assaulting the island's top envoy in Malaysia and a...

By Our Political Correspondent
September 5, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka condemns attack on envoy to Malaysia

Sri Lanka's foreign ministry condemned an attack on its envoy to Malaysia by suspected ethnic Tamil activists who were p...

September 5, 2016 1 min read

UN chief asks Sri Lanka to reduce military presence

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Sri Lanka to speed up returning land to war-battered minority Tamils and reduce the...

September 2, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shows progress in justice and equality; more to be done: Ban Ki-moon

Sri Lanka has made progress in reconciliation, rule of law and justice, but more needs to be done in resettling and re-b...

September 2, 2016 2 min read

UN Chief calls on Sri Lanka Prime Minister

ECONOMYNEXT - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe shortly after arriving in ...

September 1, 2016 1 min read

UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit Sri Lanka next week

ECONOMYNEXT - Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Mrs Ban Soon-taek, will visit Sri Lan...

August 26, 2016 2 min read