I am honoured to be here today, for the adoption of the final report of Sri Lanka’s review under the 3rd cycle of the Universal Periodic Review that took place in November 2017. I would like to thank ...

Some media reports have said that Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake, who had been pressurized to resign from his duties due to the allegations made by the Bonds Commission, will come to the cabinet ...

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has no two Presidents and President of the SLFP is President Maithripala Sirisena says its General Secretary, Agriculture Minister, Duminda Dissanayake. The Minister ...

Jaffna High Court Judge, M. Ilancheliyan, vowed to protect his two children for the death of his guard. He was given this pledge at the funeral of Sub Inspector Sarath Hemachandra who was killed. "I ...

Sri Lanka’s only female Olympic medalist, Susanthika Jayasinghe, says that she will have to auction her silver medal as she is without funds to look after her two children. Jayasinghe said the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today cautioned the international community on the growing "arc of violence" and said the biggest challenge to sustainable world peace is from mindsets rooted in hate and ...

Donald Trump, the newly elected President of the United States, in his victory speech assured that the US would get along with all other nations which are willing to get along with the US. “We will ...

I am extremely happy to take part in this 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. I wish to bring to the notice of Your Excellencies the current situation in my country. I have been in ...

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Ankara celebrated 2560th Vesak which commemorates the Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana of Lord Buddha on the 30th May 2016, with participation and collaboration of ...

There were various conspiracy theories. Some even said interested parties wanted to keep Kusal out of the World Cup. Others claimed that he was fixed by a matchfixing agent, after Kusal had refused an ...

The JVP has decided to meet the Attorney General before appealing against Matale Magistrate’s decision on the skeletal remains recovered from a mass grave at the Matale hospital premises. Based on ...

Fresh regulations under Sri Lanka’s decades-old Sports Law may have attempted to deal with several intrusive and restrictive regulations introduced in 2013 but, by introducing a set of mandatory ...