President holds crucial talks with SLFP rebels

Gota gets a heroes welcome as he returns from US

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned from the United States today and was greeted by opposition Parliamentarians and a large number of his supporters. Rajapaksa was given a heroes welcome on his return with a special event held at the Katunayake airport to welcome him. Two civil cases were filed in the US against Rajapaksa while he was in the US on a private visit. Rajapaksa however denied the allegations against him saying the case was clearly part of an attempt to prevent hi

12 Apr, 2019

Speaker urged to investigate Foreign Ministry communiqu?

Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya has been requested to investigate a communiqu? issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November last year during the political crisis. United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Mujibur Rahuman has written to the Speaker calling for action to be taken against the Foreign Ministry. In the letter, the UNP MP says the Foreign Ministry had issued a communiqu? via fax to all Mission Heads saying Parliament had been dissolved. The communiqu? was signed by

11 Apr, 2019

Urgent action sought to stop execution of 13 in Sri Lanka

Urgent action has been sought to stop the execution of 13 convicts in Sri Lanka. Amnesty International made an urgent appeal today to request President Maithripala Sirisena to reconsider his decision to hang 13 prisoners, and commute their sentences. “Please retain Sri Lanka?s positive death penalty record and establish a moratorium on all executions with a view to abolish the death penalty entirely,” the appeal said. After 43 years without using the death penalty, President Maithripala Siris

11 Apr, 2019