Arrest warrant sought on former Ambassador Udayanga Weeratunga

Sri Lanka discusses bilateral cooperation with IOM in Geneva

The Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Ambassador William Lacy Swing expressed his appreciation for Sri Lanka’s active role in the preparations for the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration as well as the role in the Migration Health discussions during a meeting between Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara and the Director General of IOM at the IOM Headquarters in Geneva. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilate

12 Oct, 2017

Facebook crashes for users in several countries including Sri Lanka

Facebook users around the world including some in Sri Lanka, have experienced an outage of the social network. Users report being unable to use the site, and others report unusual behavior including elements such as the “post” box not appearing. The outage of the network is being tracked by?independent site Down Detector, where users continue to report issues. Facebook is aware of the issue, but hasn’t provided any more information about what might be behind the outage. “We?re aware that some

11 Oct, 2017

Reports of clash between Dayasiri and Kiriella played down

The Government today played down a reported clash between Ministers Dayasiri Jayasekera and Lakshman Kiriella during the cabinet meeting held yesterday. Cabinet co-spokesman Gayantha Karunatillake said that there was no clash as reported by the media but only an exchange of opinion. He also said that unlike when the former Government was in power, the current Government has the freedom to discuss and even oppose any proposal. It was reported that the weekly cabinet meeting held yesterday heat

11 Oct, 2017