Ex Deputy Minister Gunawardena released on bail

Samantha Power assures Ranil USAID support

USAID Administrator Samantha Power has assured Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe USAID support. USAID Spokesperson Rebecca Chalif said that Power?held a call with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss how USAID is responding to the country?s political and economic crises. Administrator Power expressed her sympathy for those Sri Lankans who were killed or injured in the political unrest earlier this month. She pledged her support to the people of Sri Lanka and committed that USAID w

24 May, 2022

New Ministry Secretaries get appointment letters

New Ministry Secretaries received their appointment letters from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today. The letters of appointment to the new Secretaries appointed to the Cabinet Ministries were handed over by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House in Colombo this evening (24). The list of new Secretaries appointed to the Cabinet Ministries is as follows. 01: Mr. R.W.R. Pemasiri – Transport and Highways Ministry 02: Mr. M.M.P.K. Mayadunne – Public Administration, Home Affairs, Pr

24 May, 2022

CID records statement from Johnston Fernando

The Criminal Investigations Department recorded a statement from former Minister Johnston Fernando today over the Galle Face incident. He was questioned for over 4 hours over the incident were peaceful protesters were attacked at Galle Face and near Temple Trees?on the 9th of May. The attack had taken place following a meeting at Temple Trees attended by Fernando and a number of other Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MPs. Minister Dr. Ramesh Pathirana had revealed recently that President Go

24 May, 2022