Cabinet approves Right To Information bill

Mangala draws parallels between child ordinations and child soldiers

Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera today slammed the practice of child ordinations as young Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka. In a social media post, the former Minister equalled child ordinations to child soldiers as used by the LTTE and child brides of the Taliban. “Young girls and boys ordained as bikkhus; as shocking and unacceptable as tiger child soldiers and taliban child brides. A scandalous violation of the rights of a child,” he tweeted. Samaraweera posted an image on Facebook of a chil

16 Jun, 2020

Pakistan says Sri Lanka not safe from India’s nefarious and hegemonic designs

Pakistan says Sri Lanka is not safe from India’s nefarious and hegemonic designs. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that India becoming the non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) was ‘not a moment of rejoice, but concern’ as the country blatantly rejected resolutions of the prestigious forum, particularly on Kashmir. The Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) quoted the Foreign Minister as saying a majority of India’s neighbouring countries including Pakistan,

16 Jun, 2020

Interpol informs Sri Lanka Mahendran has changed his name

Interpol has informed Sri Lanka that former Central Bank (CBSL) Governor Arjuna Mahendran who is wanted over the treasury bond scam, has changed his name. Mahendran is currently in Singapore and has changed his name to Harjan Alexander, the Special High Court was informed today. The Attorney General’s Department told court that they were informed by Interpol that Mahendran has legally changed his name. The court was briefed on the matter when the case over the treasury bond scam was heard tod

16 Jun, 2020