Sri Lanka won an award for Best Travel Destination of Cantonese, based on online voting by the readers of the Southern Metropolis Newspaper. The award was presented to the Consulate General on the opening day of the China (Guangdong) International Tourism Industry Expo 2013 (CITE 2013), a one-stop platform for the travel trade, which took […]
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s government criticized the U.N.’s top human rights official on Wednesday for calling attention to accusations that police and soldiers had harassed people who met her during a visit to the country’s former war zones. Navi Pillay, ending a mission to assess Sri Lanka’s progress after a 26-year war between the […]
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka, under heavy pressure to end human rights abuses four years after the end of a brutal civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels, said on Tuesday it faced a new threat of terrorism and Muslim extremism. The comments came three days after U.N. Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay said people were still suffering […]
Sri Lanka on Tuesday dismissed UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay’s sharp criticism of the country’s human rights record as “prejudiced”. In her statement, Pillay had attacked the Sri Lankan government of becoming increasingly authoritarian and claimed that Sri Lankans who chose to speak to her during her week-long fact-finding mission to the country were […]
Secretary to the Ministry of Finance Dr. P.B.Jayasundera refuting malicious stories being published by certain newspapers that the People Bank is to be privatized, said that fears of privatisation of People’s Bank or for that matter any other state enterprise is unwarranted. […]
– by Janaka Alahapperuma – Pix by: Nalin Hewapathirana The newly constructed Oluvil commercial port and fisheries harbour together with the ice manufacturing plant constructed in the Eastern Province with aid from Denmark have been vested in the public by President Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon on 01 September. Sri Lankan Government in its plans to […]
(Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay hit out against the Sri Lanka government on Saturday, saying that four years after the end of civil war people were still suffering amid signs the country was headed in an authoritarian direction. “It is important everyone realise that although the fighting is over, the suffering is […]
A massive haul of heroin, weighing more than 100 kilos, was discovered inside a 40-foot container at the Rank Container Terminal in Orugodawatta. The haul, with a street value of over Rs. 1,000 million was the biggest ever in the history of Sri Lanka, Customs Revenue Task Force Director Mali Piyasena, told The Island. He […]
New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Mr. Murray McCully called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees yesterday (Aug. 29) evening. During the meeting, Mr. McCully told President Rajapaksa that New Zealand stands ready to assist Sri Lanka further develop the country’s dairy sector. […]
Army Commander Daya Rathnayake has ordered to relieve a Brigadier and three Lieutenant Colonels from their appointments to facilitate the further inquiries on the Weliweriya incident as recommended by the Court of Inquiry, the army announced. Military Spokesman Brigadier Ruwan Wanigasooriya said that those officers have been placed under respective regimental centres pending further disciplinary […]
The government will abolish the telegram service in the country from October this year as telecommunication facilities have reached over 95 percent of the population. The Telecommunication and Information Technology Ministry jointly with the Department of Posts took this decision as the number of persons using this service has seen a sharp drop during the […]