Justice Minister says 32 Sri Lankans have joined ISIS

Maithripala faction appoints Wijeyadasa as SLFP Acting Chairman

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) faction led Maithripala Sirisena appointed Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe as the Acting Chairman of? the SLFP. The appointment was made when the group convened a special meeting today. Rajapakshe recently said that he has been invited by a group of SLFP members and religious leaders to contest to be the next President. The Justice Minister said that he will carefully consider the invitation and decide soon. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe is the Justice Mi

21 Apr, 2024

Sri Lanka to send delegation to establish Resident Mission in Wellington

Sri Lanka is to send a delegation to New Zealand from 22-25 April 2024 to prepare the groundwork to open a Sri Lanka High Commission in Wellington. The Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry said that following the decision by the Cabinet of Ministers to open a Sri Lanka High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand, an official delegation led by Director General, Overseas Assets Management and Development Division of the Ministry Pradeepa Saram, will visit New Zealand from 22-25 April 2024 to attend to matte

19 Apr, 2024

Church puts faith in God to ensure justice over Easter attacks

The Catholic Church has put its faith in God to ensure justice over the Easter Sunday attacks on 21 April 2019. Speaking at a mass held at St Anthony’s Church in Colombo, Sunday, to mark the 5th year anniversary since the attacks, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said that the Government does not seem interested in conducting a fresh investigation into the suicide bombings. He says the Government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe seems certain that only the suicide bombers were involved in the attacks

21 Apr, 2024