(Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares fell for a third-straight session on Monday to a more than five-week low as foreign investors continued to dump the island nation’s risky assets, contrary to inflows into other emerging markets in Asia. Before the market opened, Sri Lanka’s central bank kept policy rates steady at multi-year lows, with inflation […]

The UNP Working Committee yesterday appointed Wijedasa Rajapaksa MP to the Leadership Council (LC),in place of Thalatha Athukorale who had declined to accept her appointment. […]

Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has assured that no military support would be given to Sri Lanka in the event of his party coming to power, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko said here on Sunday. […]

The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has called for an international probe into war crimes committed in Sri Lanka during the final stages of its ethnic conflict, according to a media report on Sunday. Her report, said to have been given to the Sri Lankan government recently, recommends setting up of an international […]

The body of an Inspector attached to the Mount Lavinia Police Intelligence Unit was found in the Athurugiriya area today, police said. […]

– by Shenali D Waduge – The 3rd annual sacrilegious pilgrimage to Geneva for some has already begun. The participants obviously have varying objectives but devising a multipronged attack towards a very clear single objective. An eventual plan to create a US satellite state out of Sri Lanka’s North and an interim plan to set […]

(Reuters) – Russia on Friday rejected calls by Western nations for an international probe into alleged war crimes in the final phase of the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war that the government won in 2009. Visiting Colombo amid concern about the country’s human rights record in the United States and Britain, a senior Russian diplomat […]

The Sri Lankan government is in a dilemma due to some foreign governments refusing to collaborate in its efforts to verify information as regards those persons reported missing during the conflict. […]

The Sri Lanka Railways General Manager has requested retired engine drivers to report for duty on a contract basis because the ongoing railway strike had disrupted the train services, Railway Department sources said. […]

The Presidential Commission to Probe Disappearances will commence its first sitting in Jaffna today. […]

(Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded weaker on Thursday on importer dollar demand which outpaced thin greenback sales by exporters, forcing banks to switch to forward trades, dealers said. Dealers said the forward market was active as banks did not trade the spot rupee above 130.85 per dollar — a level seen as desirable […]

Popular actor turned politician Ravinda Yassas yesterday charged that there could be a political motive behind the sudden ban of the TV Drama ‘And Company’ which is being telecast over a private TV channel. […]

China and Sri Lanka could sign a free trade agreement by the end of the year, state news agency Xinhua cited Sri Lanka’s foreign minister as saying. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris who is on a four-day visit to China, said “the feasibility study is on the verge of completion”. […]

– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Assistant Administrator and Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, Mr Haoliang Xu called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees this evening on 12 February. […]

UNP Central Provincial Council member Azath Salley has decided to no longer support the UNP after criticising the party for the candidates it had nominated for the upcoming elections. […]