Social media access in Sri Lanka restricted again

Sri Lanka insists no evidence to back war crimes allegations

Sri Lanka has insisted there is no evidence to back war crimes allegations against the military. In response to a report appearing on The Hindu newspaper, the President’s Office has said that no official documentation had proven allegations of war crimes. Responding to the report ?Sri Lanka will not tolerate targeting of war heroes: Gotabaya Rajapaksa’ published on May 20 in The Hindu, the office of the President of Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has said the article did not reflect ?the real

28 May, 2020

Pakistan High Commissioner on first visit to North and East

The High Commissioner Of Pakistan, Major General (Retd) Muhammad Saad Khattak undertook his first visit to the North and East in Sri Lanka since taking over duties. While in Jaffna he visited St. Patrick’s College Jaffna and gifted sports items and school kits for students. College Principal, Rev. Fr. A.P. Thirumahan thanked the Government and people of Pakistan for the kind gesture. (Colombo Gazette)

28 May, 2020

Case on petitions against polls date to continue tomorrow

The Supreme Court today once again postponed further considerations of the Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed against the date set by the Elections Commission to hold the General Election. The petitions, which were taken up for hearing for the 8th day today, will be taken up for consideration at 10.00 a.m. tomorrow (28). Attorney at Law Charitha Gunaratne, the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), journalist Victor Ivan, and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya have filed Fundamental Rights petitio

28 May, 2020