Walking on railway tracks banned from today following accident

Colombo to have centre to monitor India

India?s ongoing diplomatic tussle with Nepal has been noted by Sri Lanka, prompting prevention plans to avoid confrontation with a more assertive India. Colombo?s civil society figures have revived the proposal to build the India Studies Centre (ISC), which was championed by the late Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar to understand and correctly anticipate Indian policy behaviour to avoid any bilateral tensions, The Hindu newspaper reported. ?It?s now more than ever necessary to understand w

18 Nov, 2015

All party meeting to have a time frame

President Maithripala Sirisena today said that the all party meeting, also known as the All Party Committee (APC) will have a?fixed agenda and time frame. The President was speaking at the second meeting?of the APC held today at the Presidential Secretariat. In accordance with the agreement of the meeting, he instructed the relevant officials to give Sinhala, English and Tamil translations of the proposals of each political party to the parties attending the meeting, fulfilling the request mad

17 Nov, 2015

US envoy to UN Samantha Power to visit Jaffna

The US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power?will travel to India and Sri Lanka from November 18-23. In Sri Lanka, Ambassador Power will highlight the United States? commitment to strengthening the bilateral partnership, and she will underscore U.S. support for the country?s efforts toward reconciliation, accountability, and lasting peace in the aftermath of a devastating civil war. In Colombo, she will meet with senior government officials, community leaders, civil society groups, an

18 Nov, 2015