Former DIG Nalaka de Silva further remanded

India hosts Iran’s deputy FM to push Eurasian link

Sheikh?Abdullah?bin?Zayed?Al?Nahyan,?Minister?of?Foreign?Affairs?and?International?Cooperation,?has?met?with?Subrahmanyam?Jaishankar,?Minister?of?External?Affairs?of?India. During?the?meeting,?which took place in New Delhi, the two ministers discussed ways of strengthening the historic UAE-India relations, under the framework of the comprehensive strategic partnership between their countries. They also discussed the prospects for boosting trade and economic bilateral relations, within the fram

28 Nov, 2022

Sajith admits he wrote to GR on PM post

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today admitted in Parliament that he had written to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and offered to accept the post of Prime Minister based on 4 conditions. He said that in the letter sent to Rajapaksa, who was then President, it was also proposed that the new Prime Minister will appoint a new Cabinet. Premadasa said that he made the offer, with the support of his alliance, as Rajapaksa had made several appeals for him to accept the post of Prime Minister.

25 Nov, 2022

Parliament approves appointment of new Foreign Secretary

The Parliament committee on High Posts has approved the appointment of new Foreign Secretary Aruni Wijewardane. Wijewardane has already assumed duties at the Foreign Ministry as the new Foreign Secretary. Secretary-General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake said the appointment of four Secretaries to Ministries, a Chairman to a State institution and an Ambassador have been approved by the Committee on High Posts. Accordingly, the appointment of Udaya Indrarathna was approved as the Ambassador

27 Nov, 2022