Major General Boniface Perera joins Sajith

Report notes threat to children in Sri Lanka from harmful marketing

A new report has noted the distinct threat posed to children in Sri Lanka from harmful marketing. Sri Lanka ranks 68 in a new global index of 180 countries, comparing performance on child flourishing, estimated using measures?including child survival and well-being, such as health, education, and nutrition; sustainability, using greenhouse gas emissions as a proxy, and equity indicated by country income gaps. The report finds that no single country is adequately protecting children?s health, t

20 Feb, 2020

Cabinet approves proposal to withdraw from UNHRC Resolution

Cabinet has approved a proposal to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution co-sponsored by Sri Lanka. Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena told reporters today that the proposal to withdraw from the resolution was tabled by Foreign Relations Minister Dinesh Gunawardena. He said that cabinet was told that Resolution 30/1 and the followup Resolution 40/1 were harmful to Sri Lanka. The Foreign Relations Minister has said that the resolution had been co-sponsored without the

20 Feb, 2020

Eran slams silence of media on harassment of journalists

United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne today slammed the media for remaining silent over the harassment of journalists in Sri Lanka. Speaking in Parliament today, Wickramaratne questioned the failure by the media to highlight attempts to frame former Editor Dharisha Bastians and former Lake House Chairman Krishantha Cooray in the alleged abduction incident involving a Swiss Embassy employee. Wickramaratne said that Bastians is being targeted for merely maintaining telep

20 Feb, 2020