Visitors told to stay away from Trincomalee

UN calls for targeted measures against Sri Lankans accused of rights abuses

The United Nations (UN) has called for targeted measures against credibly-alleged perpetrators of serious human rights violations and abuses in Sri Lanka. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker T?rk, in an oral update on Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, said that two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans took to the streets demanding deep democratic reforms and accountability for economic mismanagement and corruption, which resulted in the most severe socio-econo

02 Mar, 2024

Sri Lanka tells UNHRC to reject domestic vote bank politics

Sri Lanka urged members of the UN Human Rights Council not to allow short-term political gains or ?domestic vote bank politics? to overtake the work of the Council. Addressing the High-Level segment of the 55th?Session of the Council through a pre-recorded video statement Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry highlighted that despite the severe constraints faced by the country, Sri Lanka continued to engage actively and constructively with an extensive array of helpful working methods of the C

28 Feb, 2024

Auctioning of SriLankan Airlines postponed

The decision to auction SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, has been put on hold and the Treasury is to pump money into the airline for 6 months, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation Nimal Siripala de Silva said. He said that the restructuring of SriLankan Airlines was postponed on a recommendation made to the Government that it first settle the outstanding debts of the airline. Accordingly, the Cabinet has decided to release funds from the Treasury for 6 months to manag

05 Mar, 2024