Supreme Court postpones further hearing into Port City Economic Commission Bill

EU reviews Sri Lanka’s progress on zero-tolerance of torture

The fourth meeting of the Working Group on Governance, Rule of Law and Human Rights under the European Union-Sri Lanka Joint Commission was held in Colombo, the Foreign Ministry said today. The meeting took place in the context of regular bilateral exchanges between the European Union and Sri Lanka, and readmission to the EU GSP+ scheme, in light of Sri Lanka’s commitment to implement the international conventions ratified by Sri Lanka on human rights, labour rights, the protection of the envir

31 Aug, 2019

Sri Lankan student killed in savage hit and run outside Melbourne campus

A young Sri Lankan woman has had her life cut short in a savage hit in run outside her university campus in Australia, the Daily Mail reported. Sri Lankan student Nisala Perera, 20, was hit by a wagon metres from the Monash University campus gates, in Clayton, Melbourne on Thursday night. Detectives believe she was hit at 9.45 pm while crossing Wellington Road near Scenic Boulevard. She died at the scene. The driver did not stop and investigators believe that the car was travelling at high sp

31 Aug, 2019

Unmanned Sri Lankan boat washes ashore in Ramanathapuram

An unmanned fishing boat bearing the a Sri Lankan registration number washed ashore on Friday in Manali Island near Mandapam in the Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu, the Times of India reported. Officials from the customs, police and state and central intelligence agencies are conducting a probe to find out how the small boat had drifted. The boat was taken to Mandapam by the customs personnel and efforts are on to identify the owner of that boat ? in coordination with officials in Sri La

31 Aug, 2019