Speaker, JVP decide to boycott all party conference

Commonwealth Secretary-General pledges full support to Sri Lanka

Commonwealth-Secretary General, Patricia Scotland KC, has pledged the Commonwealth Secretariat?s full support to Sri Lanka as the country navigates difficult challenges. Speaking during a lecture in Colombo, the Secretary-General said Sri Lanka was not alone in facing the fallout from a host of interconnected global pressures like spiralling costs, energy shortages and the effects of climate change. Nevertheless, the Commonwealth, as a collective of 56 countries, is working together to lend su

04 Feb, 2023

Government defends Kandy event for new foreign envoys

The Government has defended the event held in Kandy for the presentation of the credentials by a group of foreign envoys. Eleven newly appointed Ambassadors and six High Commissioners to Sri Lanka presented their credentials to President Ranil Wickremesinghe last afternoon (02) at the Presidential Palace in Kandy. New Ambassadors had been appointed to Cote d?Ivoire, Uruguay, Mongolia, Serbia, Sudan, Armenia, North Macedonia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Ecuador, while new High Com

03 Feb, 2023

Wasantha Mudalige granted bail over 3 cases

Student activist Wasantha Mudalige was granted bail today in three cases filed against him. Mudalige was earlier discharged from all the charges filed against him under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). The charges filed under the PTA on the Convener of Inter University Students? Federation were discharged by the Colombo Chief Magistrate?s Court. However, he remained in remand custody over separate cases filed against him. The Fort Magistrates’ Court granted bail to Mudalige today in co

01 Feb, 2023