Panic buying as petroleum unions decide to strike

New tripartite agreement signed on Colombo port city project

CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd, the Project Company for the Colombo Port City (CPC), today signed a tripartite agreement between the Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development, the Urban Development Authority and the Project Company. The agreement formally replaces the previous agreement signed on 16thSeptember 2014 between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Project Company. The new tripartite agreement has been signed following the announcement in March this year by the Government to li

12 Aug, 2016

Human Rights Commission calls for review of Public Security Ordinance

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has called for the review of the Public Security Ordinance for purposes of reforming the legislative regime applicable to public security. The Commission has said this in a submission made to the Sub-Committee on Law and Order. The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is of the belief the main purpose of a public security regime is to protect the people, and hence must be crafted in a manner that serves the best interests of the people. In this regard,

12 Aug, 2016

Elderly Sri Lankan goes missing from Delhi airport

An elderly Sri Lankan pilgrim has gone missing after landing in New Delhi?at the IGI airport along with Buddhist pilgrims, police said today, according to the Press Trust of India. Ramanayaga Mudiyanselage Jayasekara, in his late 60s or early 70s, is a resident of Mahiyangana. He had arrived at the T-3 Terminal of the IGI airport from Colombo at 6.45 PM on Thursday along with a group of around 80 pilgrims but was later found missing, they said. “The information about the man was conveyed to co

13 Aug, 2016