Buddhika appointed Deputy Minister of Industries and Commerce

Royal Park murder convict gets Presidential pardon

Royal Park murder convict Jude Shramantha Anthony Jayamaha was given a Presidential pardon today. The Prison’s Department said that he had been released today after being granted the pardon. Speaking at the National Youth Model United Nations conference held in Colombo recently President Maithripala Sirisena said that he had received a request for a Presidential pardon for Jude Shramantha Jayamaha. Sharmantha Jayamaha was sentenced to death in the 2005 murder of Swedish national Yvonne Johnso

09 Nov, 2019

Harin condemns Facebook for censoring post

Minister of Telecommunication, Digital Infrastructure, Foreign Employment and Sports- Harin Fernando- has lashed out at Facebook for allegedly censoring his posts on Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Minister Fernando took to Twitter to criticize Facebook for allegedly unduly censoring his posts. ?I condemn facebook for censoring my posts regarding American citizenship of @GotabayaR. American companies shouldn’t interfere on behalf of an American con

10 Nov, 2019

Sri Lanka calls for Indian Ocean security architecture

Sri Lanka has called for an overarching security architecture tasked to mitigate regional security challenges in the Indian Ocean Region, giving priority to the littoral states and sensitive to the interests of all maritime users of the Indian Ocean. Observing that regional platforms only provide a legal and policy framework, which would be redundant in the absence of practical action, Sri Lanka called for active programmes that encourage cooperation in the fields of security and technology ens

10 Nov, 2019