Wearing face mask a must even in private vehicles

EU wants Sri Lanka to show concrete progress for GSP

The European Union (EU) has noted that importance of Sri Lanka?making prompt and concrete progress in fulfilling international commitments on human rights and labour rights and environmental protection in order to obtain the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+). A statement issued by the EU office in Colombo today said that the second meeting of the Working Group on Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights under the European Union-Sri Lanka Joint Commission was held in Colombo 13-

14 Mar, 2017

Man who attempted to attack wife killed by neighbours

A man who attempted to attack his wife with a knife was killed by his?neighbors in?Pahalagama, Kiriella, the police said. The police said that the 24-year-old had attempted to kill his wife using acid and a knife. Angry neighbors attacked the man killing him in the process. (Colombo Gazette)

14 Mar, 2017

Fishermen from India and Sri Lanka who were freed repatriated

Seventy-seven Indian and 12 Sri Lankan fishermen were today repatriated in line with the decision taken by two countries to set free fishermen in each other’s custody to defuse tension following the killing of an Indian fisherman last week, the Press Trust of India reported. Sri Lankan Navy handed over the 77 fishermen from Tamil Nadu, arrested over the past two months, to Indian Coast Guard at the International Maritime Boundary Line in the Palk Bay. Similarly, 12 Sri Lankan fishermen, releas

14 Mar, 2017