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Navy detains 85 individuals attempting to migrate by boat

The Sri Lanka Navy detained 85 individuals who had attempted to migrate illegally by boat to a foreign country. The Navy said that the group had been detained at sea off Batticaloa early this morning (Sunday). SLNS Ranawickrama, which is attached to the Eastern Naval Command, detained the multiday fishing trawler, during a patrol off Batticaloa today. The Navy found 85 people on the boat, including 60 men, 14 women and 11 children. The suspects held were identified as residents of Batticaloa

11 Sep, 2022

Government will not oppose Bill on LGBTQ+ rights

The Government will not oppose the Private Member?s Bill presented to Parliament to decriminalize homosexuality, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. However, the President said that the Bill will require the support of individual members of Parliament. “We are for it, but you have to get the support of individual members. It’s a matter of their private conscience,? he said. The President expressed these views during talks with the Administrator of the United States Agency for Internati

11 Sep, 2022

US tells China to help Sri Lanka restructure debt

By Easwaran Rutnam The United States (US) today called on China to help Sri Lanka restructure its massive debt. Visiting USAID Administrator Samantha Power told reporters in Colombo that it is imperative that all of Sri Lanka’s creditors, most notably China, cooperate in the process openly. “When debt becomes unsustainable as it so clearly has in Sri Lanka, the stakes of that corporation can mean the difference between life or death, prosperity or poverty,” she said. Power said that as a mem

11 Sep, 2022