Police fire tear gas on protesting university students

Investors urged to seize opportunity

The Government has called upon the local and foreign entrepreneurs to seize the best opportunity given by the government and invest in Sri Lanka. Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake says the investors have been given? enough incentives under Budget -2017 and this is the best time for any investor to invest in Sri Lanka. The Minister assured that all the proposals that have been incorporated in the budget would be implemented on time and some of the proposals have already come into effect. T

20 Nov, 2016

UN Committee orders Sri Lanka to compensate torture victim

A Toronto man who was imprisoned and tortured while visiting Sri Lanka must be compensated for the abuses he suffered, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled. The decision calls for Sri Lanka to prosecute those responsible and ?provide adequate compensation? to Roy Samathanam, a Canadian who had filed a complaint with the committee three years ago, The National Post reported. Samathanam, 46, called the ruling handed down in Geneva ?a measure of justice? in a statement to be releas

21 Nov, 2016

Christian community not for largest Christmas tree

The Christian community in Sri Lanka, have in a joint statement, expressed disaapointment at the construction of a large Christmas tree at Galle Face in Colombo. A statement by the National Christian Council noted that the?birth of Jesus or the commonly celebrated ?Feast of Christmas?, is fundamentally a message and a commemoration of ?Hope?. “We are saddened to note the latest addition to the celebrations in the erection of the tallest ?Christmas Tree? in the world at Galle Face Green. What i

21 Nov, 2016