Elections to be held on a day between 20 to 31 January

President says money wasted on CEB, CPC, SriLankan

President Ranil Wickremesinghe says the country’s resources are wasted on the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), and SriLankan Airlines. Addressing the CEO Forum hosted by CA Sri Lanka, President Wickremesinghe said that money is needed for education, health and social safety for the poor and vulnerable and not to support the CPC, SriLankan or CEB. The President’s Media Division quoted the President as saying that too much of the country’s resources have been w

30 Mar, 2023

France supports effective air quality monitoring and reporting in Sri Lanka

France and Sri Lanka today signed a 300,000 EUR grant agreement supporting improved monitoring and reporting of air quality in Sri Lanka.? The agreement was signed between the country director of the French Development Agency (AFD) M. Reda SOUIRGI and Dr. Anil Jasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Environment in Sri Lanka in presence of the Ambassador of France to Sri Lanka, Jean-Fran?ois PACTET and the Minister of Environment of the Government of Sri Lanka, Naseer AHAMED. The Central Environ

30 Mar, 2023

UN body decries violations of civil and political rights in Sri Lanka

The UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) has noted serious violations of civil and political rights in Sri Lanka and made over 60 recommendations. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Center for Human Rights and Development (CHRD) welcomed the findings and urged the Government to take immediate steps to address the numerous violations identified by the UN body and implement its recommendations without delay. The UN Human Rights Committee issued its concluding observations,

31 Mar, 2023