First Sri Lankan contracts coronavirus in Italy

Finance Ministers of Japan, India to announce launch of Sri Lanka talks

By Easwaran Rutnam The Finance Ministers of Japan, and India are to announce the launch of the debt restructuring negotiation process on Sri Lanka. The announcement is to be made at a press briefing tomorrow (Thursday) on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings in Washington. Japanese Minister of Finance Shunichi Suzuki, Vice Minister of Finance Masato Kanda, India’s Minister of Finance Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, and the Director General of the Treasury in France, Emmanuel Moulin have confirmed par

11 Apr, 2023

Brother of Brits killed in Easter attacks wants answers

By Easwaran Rutnam The brother of two Brits killed in the Easter Sunday attacks in 2019 is determined to know who is really responsible for the incident. David Linsey said that he and his family may never get closure but he will continue to help the people of Sri Lanka in memory of his brother and sister who died in the Easter Sunday bombings at the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo. Speaking on the program ?On Fire with Easwaran Rutnam? on Daily Mirror, David Linsey said that the 2019 attacks must

08 Apr, 2023

Fears raised over 248 Sri Lankans “missing” while heading to New Zealand

Fears have been raised over the fate of 248 Sri Lankans who went “missing” while heading to New Zealand in 2019. According to TVNZ, a New Zealand Government log of attempts by asylum seekers to reach New Zealand shows a fishing trawler and its 248 Sri Lankan passengers have never been seen again. The log states that on 12 January 2019 “a [27-metre-long] fishing trawler-turned-sailboat left Maliankara near Munambam, India, with 248 Tamil migrants onboard hoping to make it to Australia or NZ. Th

07 Apr, 2023