Former Japanese Prime Minister holds talks with President

US Congressman tells Lanka to take concrete steps to address Tamil concerns

Sri Lanka?s ethnic and religious minorities including Tamils still feel marginalised, seven years after the end of the civil war with the LTTE, a senior American lawmaker has said as he appealed to the Lankan government to take ?concrete? steps to address their concerns. ?The leaders of the new government have made many ambitious promises to advance toward the goal of a stable and prosperous future for all. Now is the time to turn those promises into concrete action,? Congressman Danny K Davis

20 May, 2016

Colombo Additional Magistrate Thilina Gamage suspended from service

Colombo Additional Magistrate Thilina Gamage has been suspended from service by the Judicial Services Commission.

20 May, 2016

Joint opposition slams Harin Fernando for words he used

The joint opposition today slammed Minister Harin Fernando?over some of the?words he used in Parliament this week. Opposition member Dinesh Gunawardena said that the words used by Fernando was unparliamentary and should not be repeated in future. Gunawardena said the?unparliamentary words were used during a heated exchange between the Minister and former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage. Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said an investigation has been launched into the words used by the Minister. Fer

20 May, 2016