NEW DELHI: India is ranked below Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of broadband penetration and the multi-layered structure involved in the decision making for the sector needs to be overhauled, telecom regulator Trai said today.

A no confidence motion against Central Province Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake was handed over to the Council’s Assistant Secretary P.G. Dissanayake today.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe was joking when he made the comment about shooting Indian fishermen, former President Chandrika Kumaratunga said in an interview with DNA.

LONDON: The International Cricket Council said on Thursday it would write to the Sports Minister of Sri Lanka regarding possible government interference into the running of cricket on the island.

Former Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Somawansa Amarasinghe today said that he will resign from the JVP and form a new party.

Former Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena has also been removed from the Central Committee of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

The case for good governance and the current hurry to pass constitutional reforms cannot omit a very important clause which is the need to prohibit lawyer-politicians from practicing law and influencing decisions as well as making use of parliamentary privileges when they get cornered.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has listed out certain urgent tasks for the Sri Lanka government so that the charges of human rights abuses and war crimes are meaningfully addressed in a reasonable period of time.

Most of the pledges in the 100 Day programme of President Maithripla Sirisena’s Presidential Election Manifesto is being fulfilled while the most crucial one to reduce the powers of the Executive President is in progress, said Highways and Investment Promotion Deputy Minister Eran Wickramaratne.

The Police Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) is currently questioning former SLC Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga, regarding a financial transaction of a private media organisation.

Sri Lankans visiting India will receive visas on their arrival from yesterday (April 14th) as Sri Lanka has been added to the list of countries that will enjoy the visa on arrival facility.

British Prime Minister David Cameron has expressed hope that this Sinhala-Tamil New Year will bring communities closer together in helping to heal the wounds of the past in Sri Lanka.

What is special in this New Year celebration is the spread of festivity amidst the commitment to good governance that transcends differences of ethnicity, caste and community, with important strides being taken to realise the need for unity among all our people, President Maithripala Sirisena said in a New Year message.

Sinhala and Tamil New Year is a national festival which embellishes the national unity, brotherhood, equality, pleasure and prosperity of which traditions are embedded in the culture of Sri Lankans whose lives are mostly based on an Agricultural economy since distance past, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister said in his New Year Message.

President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed five members to the Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), state owned ITN reported on Monday.