Harin denies claims internet speeds will be reduced

Women journalists? network urges SLRC to revoke ban on TV presenter

The South Asian Women in Media- Sri Lanka (SAWM- SL) has urged the State-run television network, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC), to immediately revoke its decision to ban Parami Nileptha Ranasinghe, a senior program presenter from entering the SLRC premises and from hosting television programs. On March 6, Ranasinghe received telephone calls from two producers associated with her regular program ?Rividina Arunella? informing her that the SLRC authorities have, with immediate effect, ba

19 Mar, 2022

Foreign Minister briefs Core Group on Sri Lanka

Foreign Minister Professor G. L. Peiris had an informal discussion with the Core Group on Sri Lanka at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Admiral Jayanath Colombage was also present. At the Interactive Dialogue on the written update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sri Lanka, which concluded on 7 March 2022, Sri Lanka claimed to have received overwhelming support from countries of the Global South who expressed support for the Gover

18 Mar, 2022

JVP youth force their way past Presidential Secretariat barricade

Youth attached to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and their supporters, forced their way past the barricades at the Presidential Secretariat during a protest staged in Colombo today. A tense situation arose as the protesters crossed the barricade but the President’s Media Division said that no one entered the building. The JVP affiliated Socialist Youth Union led the protest march from Maradana to Galle Face. National Organiser of the Socialist Youth Union, Eranga Gunasekara, said earlier

18 Mar, 2022