The Supreme Court yesterday called for the Auditor General's report pertaining to distribution of "Sil Redi" (fabrics used by devotees to observe sill) during...
January 8 is remembered for change. First there was the brutal killing in broad daylight of Journalist and Editor Lasantha Wickramatunga who stood out...
The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) is the latest state owned institution that is reported to have fallen into the category of cash strapped...
(President Maithripala Sirisena of Sri Lanka addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session. UN Photo/Cia Pak)
30 September 2015 – After years...
The demand for the dissolution of parliament is getting increasingly compelling. Civil society leaders, such as the Ven Maduluwave Sobitha, who led the movement...
( Rajapaksa campaigning with film stars)
President Maithripala Sirisena, breaking his silence for the first time, has told SLFP seniors that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa...
The new Sri Lankan government must make reconciliation a top priority in order to move the country past a brutal, decades-long civil war.
By Shashank...
Leading civil society organizations and actors have called for an urgent parliamentary election to overcome the current political deadlock.
* In a joint statement 17...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon appreciated the new Government’s forward march under the leadership of President Maithripala Sirisena, which builds peace and reconciliation in...
"Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall"
"Excellent joke!"
Whether this is a Ranil-Sirisena (R&S) government or an S&R one, is significant. It certainly...
The domestic mechanism to investigate allegations over the war will be in place by June, President Maithripala Sirisena said.
He also said that a new...
Joint Statement/ International Media Assessment Mission to Sri Lanka.
14 May 2015.
The International Media Assessment Mission to Sri Lanka visited Sri Lanka from 8 to...
(The Maithripala Sirisena government in Sri Lanka wins appreciation in its initial months, but it’s not all smooth-sailing just yet.)
Sri Lanka’s new leader Maithripala...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena appealed Thursday for support for legislation to check the enormous powers of the presidency,...
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa have been asked to report to the Bribery Commission (BC) this week to record...
By Nirmala Kannangara.
Questions have been raised as to who gave orders to Sri Lanka Customs to allegedly re-export an illegal consignment of Red sandalwood...
It is amidst an impending parliamentary election that more details of abuses and irregularities at the January presidential election are now emerging. A shocking...
The power to issue detention orders for suspects arrested on terrorism-related activities should be given to a Deputy Inspector of Police instead of a...
Cropped photo from the original by Sindu S
Sri Lankan police across Batticaloa have arrested 19 people for allegedly posting birthday wishes online for Liberation...
