The health condition of ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa has been speculated upon widely in recent days.
Two former presidents Chandrika Kumaratunga and Maithripala Sirisena encountered each other yesterday (26) at the 64th commemoration of the late premier S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike.
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has said terrorists have found safe haven in Canada and their Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came out with the outrageous allegations without any proof.
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry on Monday said that Colombo has not given permission to a Chinese vessel to dock, adding that Indian security concerns are "important" for Sri Lanka.
Events were organized yesterday (26) in Jaffna to mark the 36th year since the death of LTTE’s Rasiah Parthipan alias Thileepan, who died during a hunger-strike.
Ramzy Razeek, a social media commentator, has been released from a case filed under the ICCPR.
Leader of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Udaya Gammanpila has said the government will not meet the IMF’s condition of setting up a website to reveal information on all its dealings.
Foreign minister Ali Sabry has been accused of nepotism after a picture showed his son with the Sri Lankan delegation to the 78th UN General Assembly in New York.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that a new law will be introduced to transform the Port City into the Colombo Financial Zone, granting it jurisdiction over offshore activities. This legislation is expected to be enacted by the end of the year, he said.
Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on National Economic and Physical Plans Mahindananda Aluthgamage emphasized the need to establish a dedicated unit for overseeing institutions responsible for generating tax revenue, including the Inland Revenue Department.
