Cardinal Ranjith commends Speaker’s efforts

Sri Lanka backs State ? led dialogue on lethal weapons

Sri Lanka said that it supports the establishment of a Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) in 2017, within the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and to elevate the dialogue on LAWS to a State ?driven formal process, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka in Geneva said in a statement today. Addressing the 5th Review Conference of the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional We

14 Dec, 2016

Employees of Hambantota port suspend protest

Employees of the Hambantota port who have been protesting for days, suspended the protest today after the management warned that they face termination of employment. The employees had been warned to return to work by this afternoon, failing which their employment will be terminated. The Navy this week?said it had taken over routine operations at the Hambantota port following the protest by port employees. The protest by the port employees which was launched on 7th December affecting operation

15 Dec, 2016

Journalists protest against assault by Navy Commander

Journalists staged a protest in Fort today against the commander of the Navy after he was accused of assaulting a journalist. The journalist was allegedly assaulted when he was covering a protest by employees of the Hambantota port. Navy Commander, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne denied assaulting the journalist but the Government launched an investigation over the incident. Wijegunaratne led a navy operation to clear the protesters who had prevented ships from entering and leaving the po

15 Dec, 2016