Central Province Minister Tennakoon arrested

Sooka says Sri Lanka must explain discovery of cluster remnants

As the new President of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Sri Lanka must explain why de-miners have repeatedly found?cluster remnants in the 2009 war zone, given the ongoing denial, a former member of a?UN panel on Sri Lanka said. All?the evidence points to government forces using cluster munitions in 2009 against densely populated areas that they unilaterally declared?safe for hundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians, the Executive Director of the International Truth and Justice Project,?Ya

29 Sep, 2018

Maximum retail price imposed on bottled drinking water

A maximum retail price has been imposed on bottled drinking water. The Consumer Affairs Authority issued a gazette extraordinary imposing the maximum retail price on bottled drinking water. Accordingly, bottled water between?350 ml to 499 ml will have a maximum retail price of Rs 26,?500 ml to 749 ml Rs 35 and?1.0 litres to 1.49 litres Rs 50.

30 Sep, 2018

UN Chief offers Sri Lanka support for reconciliation process

United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has offered Sri Lanka support to take forward the reconciliation process. The Secretary-General met with President Maithripala Sirisena at the UN Headquarters on the sidelines of the ongoing UN General Assembly. The UN said that the Secretary-General appreciated the close cooperation between Sri Lanka and the United Nations and thanked Sri Lanka for its contribution to United Nations peacekeeping in particular. The Secretary-General and the P

29 Sep, 2018