Explosion in scrap iron yard in Puttalam kills one person

Ravi tells Modi Sri Lanka will continue close partnership

Foreign Minister Ravi Karunanayake called on Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today. The Prime Minister recalled his productive and memorable visit to Sri Lanka on occasion of the International Vesak Day last month. He congratulated Karunanayake on taking over his new responsibility as Foreign Minister, the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Prime Minister further conveyed condolences on the loss of lives and destruction caused by the recent floods and landslides in Sri L

06 Jun, 2017

Colombo Gazette signs deal to share content on MENAFN

Colombo Gazette, a news, leisure and entertainment website in Sri Lanka has signed deal to share content on MENAFN,?the leading provider of online and wireless financial content and financial technology platforms to leading institutions and consumers around the Arab world. MENAFN will reproduce content from?Colombo Gazette thus taking?Colombo Gazette content to a wider international audience. Since its launch?in 2012, Colombo Gazette has fast gained popularity and has been recognized as one of

07 Jun, 2017

Mangala asserts no agreement to implement Zeid’s report

Finance Minister?Mangala Samaraweera says Sri Lanka has not agreed to implement the recommendations on Sri Lanka by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. The recommendations were in a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council in March this year. Samaraweera said that the Government?had only agreed to a Resolution on Sri Lanka and the Resolution did not?include the recommendations of?Ra’ad Al Hussein. He said Sri Lanka had refused to agree to an international i

06 Jun, 2017