Stay order on dissolution of Parliament extended till Monday

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka complete feasibility study on FTA

Bangladesh expects to sign a free trade agreement with Sri Lanka during the tenure of the incumbent Government as both countries have already completed looking into the feasibility, Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said, according to the Daily Star. He disclosed this without elaborating in response to a query from reporters after a meeting with Malik Samarawickrama, Sri Lankan Minister for Development Strategies and International Development, at his secretariat office in Dhaka. ?We ag

12 Oct, 2018

Russian President Putin calls for closer cooperation with Sri Lanka

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for closer cooperation with Sri Lanka. Putin said that Russia maintains traditionally friendly relations with Sri Lanka and?is interested in?closer trade and?economic cooperation, including in?fishery, agriculture and?tourism. “I?would like to?note that in?September we signed a?bilateral intergovernmental agreement on?military cooperation,” he added. The Russian President made the comments after accepting the credentials from Dayan Jayatilleka as Sr

12 Oct, 2018

Former top diplomat among civil society members appointed to CC

Former diplomat Jayantha Dhanapala is among three civil society members appointed to the Constitutional Council. Jayantha Dhanapala is a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs and a former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the USA and to the UN Office in Geneva. Also appointed to the Constitutional Council is Ahamed Javed Yusuf and?Naganathan Selvakumaran. (Colombo Gazette)

11 Oct, 2018