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New Sri Lankan Government rejects resolution at UNHRC

The new Sri Lankan Government has decided to reject the resolution presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, at its ongoing 57th Session. Foreign Minister and Cabinet spokesman Vijitha Herath said that the Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal for Sri Lanka to strongly reject the resolution at the present session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. He said that Sri Lanka will continue to oppose resolution 51/1 and has not agreed to any resolution that extends the power

08 Oct, 2024

More Chinese nationals arrested in Sri Lanka over online scam

More Chinese nationals have been arrested in Sri Lanka over an online financial scam, the Police said. According to the Police, a group of 20 Chinese nationals were arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID). The Chinese were arrested from a hotel in Panadura and over 400 mobile phones, over 300 USB cables and several routers and laptops were also seized. Earlier, the Police arrested 30 Chinese nationals in Hanwella on Sunday and on Monday the Police arrested 19 Chinese in Nawal

09 Oct, 2024

NPP Leader Anura Kumara ahead in Presidential poll results

The Leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading based on the results from the 2024 Presidential election released so far. Dissanayake secured the highest number of postal votes in the Ratnapura, Polonnaruwa and Hambantota Districts. The NPP Leader, who secured 19,185 postal votes in the Ratnapura District, got 11,768 postal votes in the Polonnaruwa District while Sajith Premadasa secured 4,120 postal votes and Ranil Wickremesinghe 2,762 postal votes. In th

21 Sep, 2024