Ranjan appears before Supreme Court to face contempt charges

OIC slams targeting of Muslims in Sri Lanka

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its deep concern over reports on escalating hate speech and hostility towards Muslims in Sri Lanka, the promotion of biased and rejected allegations holding members of the Muslim community responsible for the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in the country as well as reports that authorities cremated bodies of the Muslim victims of the pandemic and arrested community members who rejected the

07 May, 2020

Kuwaiti Government offers to fly Sri Lankans back

The Kuwaiti Government has offered to fly Sri Lankan migrant workers back, the Foreign Ministry said today. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said that Foreign Relations and Foreign Employment Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, having received Cabinet sanction yesterday, is going to engage with its Kuwaiti counterpart and will be discussing a process by which Sri Lanka can respect an amnesty offer. “We will be starting the process, but the Kuwait Government is very conscious that we can?t bring

07 May, 2020

Trump?s National Security Advisor telephones Gotabaya to offer support

By Easwaran Rutnam United States National Security Advisor Robert Charles O’Brien has contacted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to offer US support. The White House, National Security Council said that O?Brien spoke with Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa and reaffirmed the long history of US – Sri Lankan friendship and cooperation. The National Security Council said that they also discussed the US and Sri Lankan coronavirus response efforts. O?Brien also conveyed President Donald Trump?s offer, on

08 May, 2020