Two disabled soldiers launch death fast despite cabinet decision

Ranil says UNP will decide on new party leader

United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says the party will decide who the party leader must be. Speaking to The Hindu newspaper, Wickremesinghe said that the party leader will be picked from a group of potential leaders. “In fact, I didn?t want to take on the post of the Leader of the Opposition. I said let Sajith [Premadasa] be there, or someone else, we will try out some new people. Because I have been there earlier. And we have to groom a lot of new people to come in. And a

28 Feb, 2020

IMF to review Sri Lanka deal after April elections

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it will review its agreement with Sri Lanka after the Parliamentary elections scheduled for April. Gerry Rice of the Communications Department of the IMF said that the seventh and final review of the current Fund supported program with Sri Lanka is scheduled to take place after mid-April. He said that the IMF will look at the situation with Sri Lanka at that time. ” We will be looking at this situation then and thereafter. We have a long history of e

28 Feb, 2020

EU calls on Sri Lanka to put in place human rights action plan

In view of the upcoming parliamentary elections, the European Union (EU) has recommended that the Government of Sri Lanka puts in place an action plan to affirm its commitment to reconciliation, the rule of law (also with a view to ending impunity for war crimes), the protection of civil society, independent media and human rights.? In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the EU acknowledged that important progress has been made in advancing respect for human rights in Sri Lank

27 Feb, 2020