International call for immediate release of detained Tamil Journalist »
A Tamil Journalist in detention for nearly fifty days should be released immediately, Reporters without Borders (RSF) has demanded.
In a statement released on Wednesday Read more…
Sri Lankan parliament has seen the unseating of top-notch personalities »
The Gampaha District Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake, who was sentenced to four-years Rigorous Imprisonment on Tuesday (January 12), will lose Read more…
Sri Lanka reports four more COVID-19 deaths Friday, toll rises to 255 »
Sri Lanka confirmed four more deaths on Friday due to COVID -19 raising the death toll from the viral disease to 255, according to health Read more…
Pillaiyan’s acquittal emblematic of the State’s failure to ensure accountability : ICJ »
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in a statement yesterday (14) deplored the comprehensive failure of the Sri Lankan authorities to ensure accountability for conflict-
UN Urged to Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court (ICC) by Tamil Families of the Disappeared – EINPresswire »
The Association for Relatives of Enforced Disappearances in the North and East Provinces of Sri Lanka, urged UN Human Rights Council to Refer Sri Lanka Read more…
Sri Lanka Rupee depreciates further »
Sri Lanka has Rupee further depreciated to 196.05 rupees against the US dollar.
The current buying rate of the US Dollar today stands at Rs.190.77.
EU to raise concerns with Sri Lanka »
The European Union (EU) is to raise concerns with Sri Lanka on human rights and other matters at a joint commission meeting later this month.
India to commence vaccine supply to Sri Lanka and other countries »
India is to commence supplying the coronavirus vaccine to Sri Lanka and other countries.
Bloomberg reported that India, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of Read more…
War is in the air? FT.LK »
A beleaguered president stages a phony war to rescue his political future.
So goes the plot of Larry Beinart’s 1992 novel, ‘American Hero’ and the Read more…
JVP wants to retake state assets from foreigners »
The JVP says a comprehensive programme is required to retake the country’s resources that have been sold for years, by political leaders to world powers.