Several injured as Batticaloa construction collapses

Constitutional reforms committee to delay its final report

The presentation of a report on Sri Lanka’s new Constitution will be delayed till May 15 as the committee tasked to get public views on it says it cannot meet the April end deadline. Senior lawyer Lal Wijenayake, the convener of the Committee on public representations for constitutional reform, said the report is currently under process but they would not be able to meet the April end deadline as had been agreed earlier. “We are currently determining what recommendations should be made out of

24 Apr, 2016

India seeks land to build 2866 houses for estate families

India is seeking more land in Sri Lanka to build 2866 houses for families working in the estate sector in the country. The High Commissioner of India, Y. K. Sinha, and P. Thigambaram, Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and?Community Development jointly laid the foundation stone for the third phase of the Indian Housing Project at the Dunsinane estate today?in the presence of Mano Ganesan, Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages and V.S. Radhakrishna

24 Apr, 2016

Sri Lanka’s envoy in Canada appointed as representative to ICAO

Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Canada, Ahmed Jawad, presented his letter of appointment as the representative of Sri Lanka to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal, at a meeting with Secretary General Fang Liu. During the ensuing discussion the High Commissioner briefed the Secretary General on the active role played by Sri Lanka as a member state, including preparations been made to host the 53rd conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation in the Asia Pacific

23 Apr, 2016