Supreme Court to hear appeal by Johnston Fernando

IMF to extend Sri Lanka program till June 2020

The International Monetary Fund says it hopes to extend the funding program with Sri Lanka till June 2020. IMF Director at the Communications Department, Gerry Rice, said that the IMF Executive Board will meet next week to consider the request from Sri Lanka to complete the review of the 5th review under the IMF program. “On the substance of IMF help, we have a program there with Sri Lanka that is ongoing and indeed next week, our executive board will consider the request from the authorities

10 May, 2019

HRCSL proposes guidelines when implementing emergency law

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has proposed a set of guidelines to follow when implementing the emergency regulations. In a letter to President Maithripala Sirisena, the Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Dr. Deepika Udagama says the Commission does not dispute that emergency regulations are needed at a time like this in order to provide protection to the public and to restore normalcy. Similarly, the Commission believes that if the regulations are implemented by

09 May, 2019

New Attorney General Dappula De Livera sworn in before President

Acting Attorney General Dappula de Livera was sworn in as the new Attorney General before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, today (10). Meanwhile, H.M. Gamini Senevirathne has been appointed as New Secretary to the Ministry of Internal & Home Affairs and Provincial Councils & Local Government, while Ms. K.J. Ashoka Alawaththa has been appointed as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Primary Industries and Social Empowerment. They received their Letters of appoint

10 May, 2019