Husband and wife found dead at home in Anuradhapura

Sri Lanka seeks UN assistance to bring back refugees from India

Sri Lanka has sought UN assistance to bring back Sri Lankan refugees living in India. UNDP Country Director Joern Soerensen called on the Governor of the Northern Province Dr. Suren Raghavan at the Governor?s Secretariat in Jaffna. Soerensen briefed the Governor on the development projects carried out by the UNDP in the Northern Province. The Governor sought the assistance of the UNDP to implement the ?Vadamarachchi Lagoon Project? to address the water problem faced by the people of the North

21 Jun, 2019

US downgrades Sri Lanka’s status in human trafficking report

The United States has downgraded Sri Lanka’s status in its latest human trafficking report. The report released by the US State Department today (Thursday) notes that the Government of Sri Lanka does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included convicting more traffickers than previous years, including the first conviction under the trafficking statute in five years; identifying more potentia

20 Jun, 2019

Modi thanks Sirisena for helping promote Yoga

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked President Maithripala Sirisena for helping promote Yoga. President Sirisena today released a video where he is seen doing Yoga and speaking on the importance of Yoga. Modi later tweeted saying “Thank you President @MaithripalaS for your support towards making Yoga more popular.?Also glad to see you share your own experience of practising Yoga”. Today is International Yoga Day and related events were held in India. The main International Yoga

21 Jun, 2019