Government MPs boycott Parliament sessions again

Crowd-funding campaign saves Lankan girl from deportation

A Melbourne university student from Sri Lanka is in shock after 145 people chipped in almost $20,000 to cover her school fees and save her from expulsion and possible deportation, Sky News reported. A crowd-funding campaign was launched after Sanduni Sulochana’s parents in Sri Lanka were unable to pay the full fees for her final year of an economics degree at the University of Melbourne. Friend Thavisha Rambukwella, unable to stand by as Sulochana fretted about being kicked out of university a

08 Sep, 2016

Narendra Modi to visit Sri Lanka in May 2017

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka in May, Health Minister and Cabinet spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne has said. Modi will inaugurate a hospital and participate in an event in Colombo, Senaratne told The Hindu?newspaper. The events will be held around the Vesak festival, a Buddhist celebration. The hospital is being built with Indian assistance in Hatton, a town in Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka?s Central Province, home to Tamils of recent Indian-origin who work largely on the

08 Sep, 2016

Ban welcomes Sri Lanka’s commitment to peacekeeping

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the pledges and commitments made by Sri Lanka to the UN peacekeeping operations. Ban Ki-moon?appreciated the commitment made by Sri Lanka when he spoke?at the United Nations Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in London, the UN said. He expresses his gratitude to the United Kingdom for hosting the important event, which built on the historic 2015 Leaders? Summit on Peacekeeping. The Secretary-General said he was particularly encouraged by the pledges

09 Sep, 2016