Sri Lanka has rejected a law reform that would have allowed women the same rights to buy alcohol as men. President Maithripala Sirisena informed a rally on Sunday that the government would be withdrawing the reform which would allow women the same priv…
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Monday destroyed US$108 million worth of cocaine in public, seized by authorities in the port of Colombo which is increasingly becoming a transit hub favoured by drug smugglers in Asia. The authorities destroyed 928 kg (more than …
Police officers carry a haul of seized cocaine sack to be destroyed under judicial supervision in Katunayake, Sri Lanka January 15, 2018. … COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka on Monday destroyed $108 million worth of cocaine in public, seized by authoriti…
Sri Lanka have been yo-yoing about how to tackle their discriminatory ban on women buying alcohol, and they seem to have settled on the wrong decision. On Wenesday 10 January, Sri Lanka’s finance minister, Mangala Samaraweera, tweeted that the country was overturning it’s 1979 law prohibiting …
Colombo district UNP MP S.M. Marikar today slammed President Maithripala Sirisena and even described him as a ‘pickpocket President’. Addressing a meeting in Colombo, he said the President had let down former president Mahinda Rajapaksa after partaking in a hopper meal with him. The MP …
Benten signs Haj agreements with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka … Earlier, Sri Lanka signed the annual Haj agreement with Saudi Arabia. M.H.A. Haleem, minister of postal services and Muslim religious affairs, signed the agreement with Benten, according to the…
“To Tamils in the UK, Sri Lanka and across the world, vanakkam and happy Thai Pongal. Pongal is a time to celebrate the sunshine bringing the harvest but in 2018 let’s also make sure that we shine the light on the Sri Lankan government to finally address the ongoing human rights concerns in Sri …
Women in Sri Lanka were almost able to legally buy alcohol for the first time in decades, giving them much reason to celebrate. But after the country announced the 1979 law would be amended on Wednesday, President Maithripala Sirisena stepped in and or…
… care-work in the homes means they cannot go out for employment. Women’s participation in the labour force is extremely low in Jaffna and the North and East more broadly. According to the Labour Force Survey 2016, labour force participation is 75.1% for men and 35.9% for women in Sri Lanka.
Jan 14, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says state leaders of two foreign countries are scheduled pay official visits to the island nation next week on the invitations of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. The two leaders who are scheduled to arrive in the island are Singapore Prime …