UPFA does not want to be in a Government headed by Ranil

Lanka to discuss Kudankulam with India

A Sri Lankan delegation is scheduled to visit India in the coming months to discuss safety issues on the?Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said. The High Commission said that there have been a series of news reports raising fears of the dangers to Sri Lanka arising from the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in southern India. “It bears repetition that the Government of India assigns utmost attention to nuclear and radiation safety, includin

26 Sep, 2012

Sri Lanka to open embassy in Bahrain

Bahrain has welcomed a decision by Sri Lanka to open an embassy in Manama to serve its nationals and to help boost bilateral relations. ?The embassy in Manama will help foster diplomatic relations and coordination in various areas and will also serve the interests of the Sri Lankan community in Bahrain,? Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, the foreign minister, said at a meeting with Gamini Lakshman Peiris, the Sri Lankan minister of external affairs in New York. Shaikh Khalid has directed off

25 Sep, 2012

Internet freedom in Sri Lanka at risk says report

Internet freedom in Sri Lanka is at risk, according to a mew study by a U.S based research and advocacy group. The Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media report by Freedom House says in Sri Lanka although internet penetration remains at around 15 percent of the population, since 2007 there has?been an incremental growth in the influence and use of online news sites and social-media tools for?civic and political mobilization. The government has responded with

25 Sep, 2012