Construction work launched on Sri Lanka’s seventh expressway

US official in charge of human rights in Lanka

A top US Government official in charge of human rights is in Sri Lanka ahead of the release of a war crimes report on Sri Lanka in Geneva. US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski is in Sri Lanka together with US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal. Biswal arrived in Sri Lanka today and will be in Sri Lanka till tomorrow, She arrived with Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom

25 Aug, 2015

UPFA members slam President on unity Government

A group of United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) members today slammed UPFA Chairman and President Maithripala Sirisena over the loss the UPFA suffered at the Parliamentary election. UPFA member and National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa said that while many claim the election was free and fair, the actions of the President meant the election was not completely fair. The President, ahead of election day, had made public a letter he had sent former President Mahinda Rajapaksa sa

24 Aug, 2015

Biswal and FM will hold talks tomorrow

US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal will hold?talks with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera tomorrow, the Foreign Ministry said today. Biswal is due in the country on a short visit and she is expected to discuss the war crimes report on Sri Lanka which is to be made public in Geneva next month. Biswal is to be accompanied by a group of US State Department officials for the discussions with the Government, during her visit. The report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human

24 Aug, 2015