Navy removes protesters at Hambantota port

Residents in Romanian village rise against Sri Lankan workers at local bread factory

The residents of Ditrau, a village in the central-north Romanian region, are outraged that a local bread factory has hired two Sri Lankan workers. The villagers have asked the local authorities to organize a referendum for stopping what they call the ?immigrant inflow?,?Digi24.ro?reported. Meanwhile, the bread factory?s owners say they had to bring foreign workers because they can?t find employees locally. The residents in Ditrau have created a Facebook group ?Migr?ns mentes ditrot akarunk? (W

30 Jan, 2020

AG files amended indictments in Avant Garde case

Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera has filed amended indictments in court over the Avant Garde arms trafficking case. The indictments consist of 882 charges, the AG’s coordinating officer Nishara Jayaratne said. She said that the case before the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar is to be heard on 10 February. The Attorney General had earlier filed 7,573 charges in the case against Avant-Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi and seven others. However the court did not accept the charges a

30 Jan, 2020

IMF delegation in talks with Sri Lanka

A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in talks with Sri Lanka on the way forward, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said today. Senior Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Nandalal Weerasinghe told reporters today that the IMF delegation has had talks with the bank, Government and other officials. Before taking office the new Government had raised concerns over IMF conditions agreed upon by the former Government. However later newly appointed Central Bank Governor,

30 Jan, 2020