Extension of emergency approved by Parliament

UN Chief’s political officer discusses progress in Sri Lanka

UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, began a visit to Sri Lanka today?to take stock of the progress in the country. The UN office in Colombo said that from 19-21 July, Feltman will be in Sri Lanka to follow-up on his 2015 visit, to take stock of progress in the country and engage national stakeholders on the peacebuilding process. As part of his visit Feltman met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ravi Karunanayake, at the Ministry today. He also met with the Go

19 Jul, 2017

Former Navy spokesman Dassanayake further remanded

Former Navy spokesman DKP Dassanayake, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over the disappearance of 11 youth and remanded till today, was ordered to be further remanded till August 2nd by the Colombo Fort Magistrate. The youth had been reported missing between 2008 and 2009. In 2015 the CID had questioned Dassanayake over allegations that some officers in the Navy were involved in the disappearance of several youth. Last year, former Navy Commander?Admiral Wasant

19 Jul, 2017

India, Sri Lanka discuss military training, bilateral cooperation

Captain Ashok Rao, Defence Advisor to the High Commission of India paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake at the Army Headquarters today. The cordial meeting that ensued at the Commander?s office focused on matters of bilateral importance and cooperation, mutual training programmes vis-a-vis, capacity-building modules, etc. They also recalled sound and historic relations that exist between both organizations and underlined the need to foster such

18 Jul, 2017