Two UN officials to visit Lanka in April
Two UN special rapporteurs will visit Sri Lanka in April after the new government agreed on the proposed dates. Special rapporteur…
Chamber support for ETCA
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce welcomes ETCA, But Urges Systematic Consultations with the Private Sector The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce…
Government has a strategy for the economy
Sri Lanka wanted a program with the International Monetary Fund to signal investors that an economic strategy that has wide…
Advancing Reconciliation and Development in Sri Lanka
Six years after the end of the conflict in Sri Lanka, the country’s new president set out to address long…
Singing of National Anthem in Tamil challenged in SC
Three residents in Kelaniya area yesterday filed a Fundamental Right petition in the Supreme Court challenging the government’s decision to…
The Sri Lankan journey is still unfolding, with many steep hills yet to be climbed
Secretary Kerry welcomed Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera to the State Department in Washington, D.C., on February 25 for…
Maintain momentum, Deliver on human rights commitments
Amnesty International in a statement submitted on 25 February to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for its 31st session…
Arrest rugby players’ killers
A Sri Lankan court on Thursday ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to arrest the killers of former national rugby…
Still open to foreign help in war crimes court
Sri Lanka remains open to foreign participation in a special court to examine allegations of war crimes in the island…
The US Must Pay More Attention to Sri Lanka’s Transitional Justice Debate
The unexpected election of Maithripala Sirisena in Sri Lanka’s January 2015 polls has resulted in the Barack Obama administration’s fervent…