Chairman of the Mejlis (Parliament) of Turkmenistan Gulshat Mammadova has accepted credentials from Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sri Lanka Mohamed Sharif Anis, the Turkmen government said in a statement. The diplomat was familiarized…
Apr 21, Washington, DC: The US State Department’s human rights report for 2017 said Sri Lanka’s military and police harassed civilians with impunity although civilian authorities generally maintained control over the security forces. The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and …
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s economic growth will rebound to 4 percent this year from a 16-year low in 2017, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said late on Friday, but urged more reforms of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to temper fiscal risks and bolster the nation’s defenses to external …
The annual US human rights report noted that the Sri Lankan Government has made limited progress toward establishing additional transitional justice mechanisms. The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017 made public by Acting US Secretary o…
COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President, Thilanga Sumathipala, said the Sri Lanka Cricket elections will take place on the 19th of May. He went on to note, SLC audit reports have been sent to the Auditor General and will be made availabl…
When is the opposition not in the opposition? When it is in government, obviously! If only it were that simple. Two political groupings are debating the existential dilemmas of being in the opposition while also being in government, although their circ…
The Sri Lankan government has deployed the notorious Special Task Force, in order to protect foreign tourists in the south of the island after a group were assaulted earlier this month. Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara said the move was a “temporary mea…
The United State’s State Department highlighted militarisation and impunity as significant human rights issues in Sri Lanka in its annual human rights report. “The most significant human rights issues [in Sri Lanka in 2017] included unlawful killings; torture; sexual abuse; arbitrary arrest; lengthy detention; …
The private sectors in Sri Lanka and Iran should cooperate closely for the implementation of joint projects following the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions on Tehran, says the prime minister of the Indian Ocean country. “Positive developments have taken place in Sri Lanka’s economy. The private sector …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level agreement with the Sri Lankan authorities on the fourth review under an economic reform program supported by a three-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. All the end-December qua…