Apr 15, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and a delegation have left the country for England to attend the 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM 2018). The President is accompanied by a 10-member delegation. He is expect…
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena is set to visit the UK later this month, as part of a trip to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London. Mr Sirisena “will be focused on reaffirming Sri Lanka’s firm commitment to the Commonwealth and deepening Sri Lanka’s …
The head of Sri Lanka’s army has attacked the Tamil diaspora for criticising the military, stating that they have been supplying “distorted, malicious and untrue information”. Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake, Commander of the Army was speaking at an event to inaugurate the military’s Directorate …
Nilujan Rajatheepan was in good condition when he was delivered by caesarean section at King George Hospital in Goodmayes, Essex in July 2009. His parents are Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka and his mother, Sinthiya, was 21 when Nilujan was born and spok…
President Maithripala Sirisena has temporarily suspended the Sri Lankan Parliament, an official statement said, giving no reason for the move. Issuing what government sources called an “extraordinary” gazette notification late on Thursday, he announced…
IOM also built a community hall and clean water supply infrastructure in the village as part of its USAID-funded Sri Lanka Adverse Southwest Monsoon Response Project.
Mrs Rajatheepan, 29, and her husband Sivarajah, came to Britain from their native Sri Lanka as refugees in 2008. Aged just 21 when she gave birth to her baby on July 16, 2009, she spoke onlyTamil fluently and had ‘a minimal command of English’. Naturally timid and inexperienced, she tended to …
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Parliament has been suspended without an explanation, days after a failed no-confidence motion attempt against the Prime Minister and the defection of several ministers which forced a cabinet reshuffle. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe survived the vote sponsored by …
COLOMBO, April 12 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee edged down on Thursday on importer dollar demand in light trading ahead of a long weekend and a traditional festival this week, dealers said. Markets will be closed for a public holiday on Friday on ac…
When social media was banned, almost overnight every Sri Lankan transformed into digital ninjas. Aunties and uncles who didn’t know how to use privacy settings on Facebook suddenly knew what a VPN was. As racists broke curfew and stormed the streets, us ‘moderate’ minded people watched from …