New Attorney General Dappula De Livera sworn in before President

Ranil says he will attempt to resolve issues with Sajith

By Easwaran Rutnam United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says he will attempt to resolve issues with UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa in order to prevent a split in the UNP. Wickremesinghe?told UNP organisers today at a meeting that he will continue to hold discussions with Premadasa and look to ensure the UNP contests the upcoming election as a united front, UNP sources told the Colombo Gazette. The UNP organisers who met Wickremesinghe had asserted that the ‘elephant’ mu

03 Mar, 2020

Sri Lanka accuses UN Rapporteur of unfair judgement

Sri Lanka has accused a UN Rapporteur of unfair judgement of the space for freedom of religion or belief in Sri Lanka through the few months that followed the Easter Sunday attacks. Sri Lanka said that it took note of the report of Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief following his visit to Sri Lanka from 15 to 26 August 2019, which has been presented to the UN Human Rights Council yesterday (Monday). The advanced unedited report of the Special Rapporteur (SR)

03 Mar, 2020

Shortage in face masks causes crisis

By Indika Sri Aravinda Pharmacies located in hospitals are currently facing a crisis due to a shortage in the stock of disposable face masks required in Sri Lanka. The Managing Director of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) Lalith Jayakody said disposable face masks and raw material for the manufacturing of masks were imported from china. However, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus in China, the manufacturing of raw material was halted, he said. A shortage of disposable face mask

03 Mar, 2020