Court of Appeal decides to hear fresh case on Wilpattu resettlement

UK, France and Ukraine to present peace deal to Trump

Britain and France will work on a peace deal with Ukraine and present it to Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday, describing it as a step in the right direction following Friday’s explosive meeting in the White House. Starmer, due to host Western leaders in London in a bid to revive a peace deal, said he hoped a European “coalition of the willing” would come together to support Kyiv, but that any ceasefire had to be underpinned by the United States to prevent Russian

02 Mar, 2025

Two former Army intelligence officers arrested over Keith Noyahr abduction

Two former Sri Lanka Army intelligence officers have been arrested over the 2008 abduction and assault on journalist Keith Noyahr. The suspects were arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) following investigations conducted over the incident. According to the Police, the suspects were arrested?in the Nawagaththegama and Elayapaththuwa Police divisions. They were produced before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate?s Court and granted bail. Noyahr was abducted in May 2008, assaulted

02 Mar, 2025

IMF Executive Board approves Sri Lanka’s third review

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the third review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement with Sri Lanka, allowing the authorities to draw SDR 254 million (about US$334 million). This brings the total IMF financial support disbursed so far to SDR 1.02 billion (about US$1.34 billion). The EFF arrangement for Sri Lanka was approved by the Executive Board on March 20, 2023 in an amount of SDR 2.286 billion (395 percent of quota or about US$

28 Feb, 2025