Palitha Range Bandara’s son injured in motor accident

In GSP Plus assessment EU finds insufficient progress in Sri Lanka

The European Union (EU) has found that there has been insufficient progress on a number of major issues in Sri Lanka since the unity Government took office 2015. At a discussion?on the implementation of the General System of Preferences (GSP Plus) in Sri Lanka, a report to the EU Parliament last week noted that two years on, the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe National Unity Government is struggling to deliver on all aspects of its far-reaching reform agenda. In particular, the report notes that in th

24 Feb, 2018

Court re-issues summons on President and Prime Minister

The Colombo High Court has re-issued summons on President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in relation to the case involving former United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Tissa Attanayake. Attanayake had been accused of presenting a forged document at the last Presidential election claiming it was part of an agreement reached between the President and Prime Minister. The President and Prime Minister were expected in court today. However they had informed cour

26 Feb, 2018

President visits UN office to express sympathies over Una’s death

President Maithripla Sirisena visited the UN office in Colombo today to?express his heartfelt condolences over the death of UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Sri Lanka, Ms. Una McCauley. “She was a deeply committed professional with such dedication, understanding, and empathy,” the UN office in Colombo quoted the President as telling the mother of the late?Una McCauley at the UN office. Earlier, in a special message of condolence to the UN Secretary General Ant?nio Gu

25 Feb, 2018