Tiran will not be arrested till case is heard

RTI application by TISL reveals EPF investment details

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has successfully utilised the Right to Information (RTI) Act to request and receive information relating to the policy and investments of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), from the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank recently facilitated TISL?s RTI request by releasing information which outlines the criteria used by the EPF to evaluate investment opportunities, and which illustrates the distribution of investments acro

25 Apr, 2017

Navy sailor dies while undergoing training in India

A Sri Lankan Navy sailor died while undergoing diving training at Naval base in Kochi, India, the Press Trust of India reported. The Navy said that the 39-year-old Petty Officer (Diving) YPNR Weerasinghe, while carrying out a practice dive in the Ernakulam Channel as part of routine training procedure, failed to surface. The sailor was located after an immediate search was carried out by the attendant supervisory training staff. “The sailor was administered prompt first aid, and evacuated to

25 Apr, 2017

Pakistan?s National Defence University delegation in Sri Lanka

An 18-member high-powered delegation from the National Defense University (NDU) of Pakistan, led by Commodore Shahid Sohail, is currently visiting Sri Lanka on a week-long foreign study tour from April 23 to 28, 2017. The delegation comprises of senior officers from Pakistan?s Armed Forces, Civil Services and Officers from Germany and Nepal, who are undergoing National Security and War Course at NDU. The visit, which started on April 23, 2017, aims to gain overview of the defence, economic, do

25 Apr, 2017