HRC investigates Police shooting of youth in North

Sri Lankan sentenced to life in Dubai for premeditated murder

A Sri Lankan worker has been sentenced to life in jail in Dubai for stabbing a compatriot to death during Christmas last year. The Sri Lankan convict, 36, was jailed for premeditated murder and consuming alcohol, Khaleej Times reported. During Christmas last year, the convict was in a festive mood, drinking and singing with his wife, brothers and a group of friends from his homeland, when the man arrived at the house yelling. The convict, who previously shared an apartment with the victim, rus

27 Dec, 2017

Committee to look into issues faced by regional correspondents

President Maithripala Sirisena has given instructions to appoint a special committee to look into the professional issues of regional news correspondents of media institutions and to submit recommendations regarding the solutions for those issues. The committee will comprise of the Director General of the Government Information Department, an Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Commissioner General of Labour, the President said that adding that the report of the committee sho

27 Dec, 2017

France provides Euro 13.9 million concessional loan to Sri Lanka

Marking the over 45 years old development cooperation between the Sri Lanka and France, The Government of France agreed to extend its assistance to Sri Lanka, by providing a Euro 13.9 million (approximately SLR 2,514 million) concessional loan for the development of six mini dairies, the Finance Ministry said. The proposed project will include the complete modernization of the pre-selected six mini dairy cooperative societies and organizations by establishing state of the art equipment chains t

27 Dec, 2017