SLPP national organiser Basil Rajapaksa has conveyed to the President and the Prime Minister that he would only take oaths as an MP after he has been gazetted the relevant portfolio, informed sources said.
Civil society organisations have lodged a complaint urging the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) to intervene to put an end to all forms of torture including sexual abuse against children and women at police stations in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has apprised the European Union (EU) of progress in specific areas of reconciliation, as part of its regular engagement and dialogue with the organisation.
SLPP National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa's entry to parliament has deepened the rift between certain factions within the ruling alliance, it is learnt.
The Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice Karu Jayasuriya has requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to consider granting a presidential pardon to Ranjan Ramanayake.
Sri Lanka's largest banks are the most susceptible to heightened sovereign risk due to their higher exposure to foreign-currency denominated government securities and, in some cases, weaker capital positions, says Fitch Ratings in a new report.
A leading organisation fighting against enforced disappearances warns that the recent abduction of a social activist, carried out by a group clad in plain clothes during the night, could be the beginning of a new wave of disappearances in Sri Lanka.
The Central Bank has printed the highest amount of money recorded in a single day to bridge a budget hole, amid shrinking tax income, largely due to virus-related lockdowns and increased expenditure to contain the virus.
President's Secretary Dr. P.B. Jayasundera has instructed all ministry secretaries to inform their respective ministers to provide justifiable reasons if any changes are to be made to positions of Chairmen and Board of Directors approved by the President.
The Sri Lankan government’s pardon of 16 prisoners convicted under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), however welcome, does not address the urgent need to repeal the draconian law, Human Rights Watch said today.
