An important step for Sri Lankans
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today congratulated the Sri Lankan Government for setting up an Office of Missing Persons (OMP), “an important step for all...
UN official in Sri Lanka for talks
UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman arrived in Sri Lanka on a three day visit on Wednesday to hold talks with Sri...
A federal power sharing method is what I advocate
In the backdrop of a crisis at the Northern Provincial Council (NPC), its Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran, during an interview with the Daily Mirror, spoke...
IMF approves US167.2 million to Sri Lanka
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Tuesday, completed its second review of Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, which enables...
Talks on FTA with China progressing
Sri Lanka, on Sunday said talks on a proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China were progressing smoothly and both countries hoped to sign the...
Implement Geneva resolution or face consequences
Alleging that ‘retrograde elements in the security establishment and their allies’ in the government were trying to undermine post-war reconciliation process, the UN yesterday warned...
UN report wants an end to involvement in commercial or civilian activities
The UN Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session, held from...
The need for transition to deep sea fishing
India’s prestigious English daily The Hindu has in its editorial hailed Sri Lanka’s legislative amendment to prohibit bottom trawling as a welcome move. It has...
Sri Lanka has failed to deliver on its international commitments
The Sri Lankan government has done “almost nothing” to hold human rights violators in the military to account said Ben Emmerson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
Sri Lanka must shift its growth model
In June 2017, the World Bank launched the most recent edition of the Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU). Produced every six months, the report provides...
Emmerson taken aback
Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakse, PC, had a heated argument with visiting UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter Terrorism Ben Emmerson, QC, over...
No sense to discuss constitution since it has not been drafted
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the principal Tamil grouping in Sri Lanka, has denied media reports that it is planning to meet the Mahanayakes or...
An elephantine rescue
The Sri Lankan Navy has rescued an elephant that was struggling in the water about five miles (eight kilometers) out to sea. Navy divers and...
At the crossroads
Sri Lankan cricket is at the crossroads after their humbling loss against Zimbabwe in the five-match ODI series. Having lost the first match of the...
Ban on bottom trawling puts Tamil Nadu fishermen in a spot
In a significant step to curb bottom trawling by Indian fishermen in the shallow waters between North Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu in South India,...