SLPP wins in Matara and secures six seats

Police admit isolated?incidents reported targeting LGBT persons

The?Police have admitted that isolated?incidents had been reported where Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) persons had been a target. DIG Ajith Rohana acknowledged that there are isolated?incidents of discrimination of LGBT persons, but added that the Police are working towards eliminating them by?introducing sensitising programs in the police training curriculum. The Executive Director of EQUAL GROUND Rosanna Flamer-Caldera sat with DIG Ajith Rohana, Professor Camena Guneratne fr

01 Jun, 2018

Sri Lanka looking at introducing electronic court filing system

Sri Lanka is looking at introducing an electronic court filing system,?Chief Justice Priyasath Dep said. The Chief Justice had said this while attending the 13th Conference of the Presidents of Supreme Courts of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States in Beijing. A number of Chief Justices, Heads of Supreme Courts, Supreme Court and High Court Judges, other officials of the Judiciary and the diplomatic corps attended the conference. Sri Lanka was represented at the conference by

01 Jun, 2018

IMF approves Sri Lanka’s fourth review and more funds

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the fourth review of Sri Lanka?s economic performance under the program supported by a three-year Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement. Completion of the review enables the disbursement of the equivalent of SDR 177.774 million (about US$ 252 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to the equivalent of SDR 715.23 million (about US$ 1,014 million). Sri Lanka?s three-

02 Jun, 2018