Pakistan Foreign Minister’s Sri Lanka visit cancelled

Former FB employee says 2018 Sri Lanka violence could have been averted

A former employee of social media company Facebook has said that the violence in Sri Lanka in 2018 could have been averted. The employee has told the Delhi Assembly?s peace and harmony committee there were instances of the company?s top officials intervening to bend content policing rules. The remarks were made by Mark S Luckie, who worked as a manager with Facebook?s Global Influencers department between October 2017 and November 2018 ? a stint during which he claimed to be involved with seve

12 Nov, 2020

Coronavirus claims the lives of at least 98 Sri Lankan expatriates

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Over 90 Sri Lankan expatriates are reported to have died due to the coronavirus since the virus began to spread earlier this year. Director General East Asia at the Foreign Ministry, Kandeepan Balasubramaniam told Colombo Gazette that as per information received from various overseas Sri Lankan Missions, approximately 98 Sri Lankan expatriates had died after contracting the virus. Among the deaths reported to date, a large number have been reported from the Middle East. K

12 Nov, 2020

Public warned of pictures being misused in social media challenge

The public have been warned to remain cautious when sharing their pictures as part of trending social media challenges, as there is a possibility for the images to be misused by third parties. A current trend on Facebook urges users to share five different pictures as part of the #5differentlookchalenge. The Information Technology Society of Sri Lanka (ITSSL) said a number of Sri Lankans are reported to have joined the social media challenge at present. The ITTSL has urged Sri Lankans partici

13 Nov, 2020