Monk involved in Galle Face protest arrested

Second reading of 2016 budget passed in Parliament

The second reading of the 2016 budget was passed in Parliament today with 159 members voting for and 52 against it while 13 members were absent. There were cheers in Parliament from the Government benches when it was found that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was among those absent during the vote. The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) voted against the budget while the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) voted for it. The final vote on the budget will be taken on December?19. (Colombo Gazette)

02 Dec, 2015

Over 25 investigations on MR family says Mangala

Over 25 investigations are underway related to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa or his family members, Foreign Minister?Mangala Samaraweera told Parliament today. The Foreign Minister said that Rajapaksa and his family are?also being investigated for money stored in offshore bank accounts. He says the investigations will however take time as there are barricades when attempting to access foreign bank accounts. Samaraweera said that Sri Lanka needs to have discussions with the relevant forei

02 Dec, 2015

Putin expects ties with Sri Lanka to develop

Russian President Vladimir Putin?said that recently Russia had managed to reinforce the legal foundation of relations with Sri Lanka, which will lay the groundwork for developing comprehensively Russia?s bilateral cooperation with Sri Lanka. He also noted that Russia?s traditional contacts with Sri Lanka in the fields of fishing and agriculture were expanding. The Russian President expressed these views when he accepted the?Credentials of Sri Lanka’s new Ambassador to Russia?Dr. Saman Weerasin

01 Dec, 2015