Kabir resigns from UNP post to make way for reforms

President orders more relief for drought affected areas

President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered more relief to be sent to the drought affected areas. Over 1 million people have been affected by the drought, with the North and East the most affected. Last month the United Nations said the drought followed by floods had slashed agricultural production in Sri Lanka, leaving some 900,000 people facing food insecurity. Production of rice, the country?s staple food, is forecast to drop almost 40 percent to 2.7 million tonnes in 2017, the U.N. Food an

30 Jul, 2017

TN CM thanks Modi for securing fishermen release in Sri Lanka

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has thanked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the release of 42 fishing boats and 75 fishermen from the State by the Sri Lankan Government. ?On behalf of the people of Tamil Nadu, I thank you for your personal intervention and sincere efforts, which have enabled the release of the fishermen and the boats,? the Chief Minister said in his letter to the PM on Saturday. Noting that he took up the issue during a recent meeting with Modi in Rame

30 Jul, 2017

Sri Lanka slams hostile acts by North Korea which threatens peace

The Government of Sri Lanka condemned the firing of a ballistic missile of intercontinental range by the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on 28 July 2017, and the series of recent similar hostile acts by DPRK in violation of UN Security Council Resolutions. Sri Lanka says DPRK?s continued pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile programmes and proliferation related activity pose a significant threat to international peace and security. “In the interest of peace and security of all

29 Jul, 2017