IP Neomal Rangajeewa granted bail in Welikada clash case

Chinese President gives Maithripala a gift of 2 billion yuan

Chinese President Xi Jinping has offered Sri Lanka a fresh grant of 2 billion yuan ($295 million), as Beijing tries to expand its influence in the tiny island country off India?s southern tip, the Reuters news agency reported. President Maithripala Sirisena, a partner in Beijing?s multi-country Belt and Road infrastructure push, made the announcement on Saturday at a ceremony to mark the start of construction of a Chinese-funded kidney hospital in his home constituency of Polonnaruwa, 230 km (1

22 Jul, 2018

UN finds reforms process in Sri Lanka has ‘ground to a halt’

Sri Lanka?s progress towards reform has ?virtually ground to a halt? and brutal torture is used with impunity, the UN concludes in a scathing report on the country?s human rights record, The Guardian reported. The report, which comes three years after the country appeared to have turned a corner in its history by electing a new coalition government, is published on Monday following a UN visit to?Sri Lanka?at the request of the government. ?None of the measures so far adopted to fulfil Sri Lanka

23 Jul, 2018

Mass protest by joint opposition postponed to September

A mass protest by the joint opposition which was to be staged in August has been postponed to September. The joint opposition was preparing to stage the mass protest on?August 17th against the Government. All joint opposition parties and trade unions were to join the ‘Jana Balaya’ protest against the continued hardships faced by the public as a result of Government policies and practices. However?joint opposition Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa said today that the protest will now take place

22 Jul, 2018