Palai JMO arrested over alleged terrorism links

EU court removes freeze on LTTE funds, orders delisting

The European Union’s top court today removed the freeze on LTTE funds in EU countries and also ordered that the LTTE be?removed from the EU’s terrorism list. The court said the EU had not produced any evidence to show that there was a risk of the Tamil Tigers carrying out attacks after its military defeat in 2009, the Reuters news agency reported. “The Court of Justice therefore confirms the annulment of the continued freezing of the LTTE’s funds,” it said. The EU terrorism list, created afte

26 Jul, 2017

Port trade unions say scheduled strike suspended

Port trade unions announced today that they have suspended the strike that was scheduled to take place tomorrow. Port workers were to launch a strike yesterday against the cabinet approved deal with China on the Hambantota Port. The one day token strike was to be carried out by unions attacked to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.

27 Jul, 2017

US MCC announces LKR 1.1 Billion funding to Sri Lanka

A delegation from the US Government?s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) led by Fatema Z. Sumar, Regional Deputy Vice President for Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America, visited Colombo to advance progress on the development of the MCC compact?a five-year grant program?with the Government of Sri Lanka that aims to reduce poverty and promote economic opportunity for Sri Lankans. ?We are pleased to announce LKR?1.1 billion? ($7.4 million) in funding that the Millennium Challenge Corpo

27 Jul, 2017