Sri Lanka records its highest daily coronavirus cases

Cabinet approves proposal to enhance relationship with Afghanistan

Cabinet has approved a proposal to enhance Sri Lanka’s relationship with Afghanistan, the Government said today. The Government Information Department said that Cabinet approved a proposal to sign a?Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of a political consultancy mechanism between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. The Cabinet granted approval to a resolution submitted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dinesh Gunawardena to sign the agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri

05 Jan, 2021

AG instructs IGP to conduct criminal probe against ETI Directors

Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera has directed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana Wickramaratne to conduct a criminal investigation against the Directors of Edirisinghe Trust Investments (ETI) and Swarnamahal Jewellers. The Directors have been accused of unauthorized acceptance of deposits of 13.7 billion, misappropriation of funds and money laundering. The Attorney General has also decided to forward indictments against the Directors of Swarnamahal Jewellers for conducting an un

05 Jan, 2021

‘Nowhere to be found’: Harvard coalition says US must fight to free young Uighur

The US government must do more to demand China release a Uighur man who was jailed for 15 years after participating in a state department exchange program, a coalition of Harvard University schools and student groups has said. Ekpar Asat, a young entrepreneur from Xinjiang, disappeared in 2016 after returning from the US where he had been on the exchange program and visited his sister Rayhan, a Harvard law student. He had promised to come back to the US in a few months with their parents to wat

05 Jan, 2021