Navy discovers 9.5kg of heroin in the Northern seas

Sri Lanka accused of failing to ensure accountability for attacks on refugees and asylum-seekers

Six months after they were violently forced out of their homes, there has been no police investigations into and no accountability for the threats and violence faced by refugees and asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International said in a new report published today. In the days after the Easter Sunday massacre, where an armed group killed more than 250 people in three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka, armed mobs mounted reprisal attacks on refug

01 Nov, 2019

Singapore and Sri Lanka discuss cooperation in the field of Law

Singapore and Sri Lanka have had talks focused on cooperation in the field of Law, Sri Lanka’s envoy to Singapore said. The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Singapore Sashikala Premawardhane said that she had a very interesting discussion with Edwin Tong, Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Law on cooperation between the two countries in the field of Law. The Minister thanked Sri Lanka for being one of the first signatories of the Singapore Convention on Mediation which was signed in

31 Oct, 2019

Api Sri Lanka led by CBK, others sign deal to back Sajith

The Api Sri Lanka movement led by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga and several other political parties and civil society groups signed an agreement today to form the Democratic National Front (DNF) alliance and back New Democratic Front Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa at the upcoming Presidential election. The agreement was signed at the Taj Samudra hotel in Colombo today. Ruwan Ranatunga signed the agreement on behalf of the Api Sri Lanka movement with the DNF. United National F

01 Nov, 2019