Two teens killed after motorcycle goes down precipice

SLFP-SLPP talks postponed

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) have postponed talks scheduled for today. SLFP General Secretary MP Dayasiri Jayasekara said that the talks scheduled to take place today has been postponed to June 26. The SLFP and the SLPP have been meeting to reach a deal to work together at the next elections. However both sides have not yet been able to agree on the Presidential candidate in the event they decide to form an alliance. The SLFP has already reque

17 Jun, 2019

Government accuses President of misusing ICCPR

The Government has accused President Maithripala Sirisena of misusing the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Non-cabinet Minister of Economic Reforms and Public Distribution, Dr. Harsha De Silva said that President Sirisena is openly discriminating citizens misusing ICCPR. He said that award-winning author and poet Shakthika Sathkumara, and Fathima Nushra Zarook have been arrested on “idiotic charges” and now a journalist is being threatened on the same charges. He

17 Jun, 2019

Health Minister refuses to allow importing of Chinese cigarettes

Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne has refused to allow the importing of Chinese cigarettes. Senaratne said that the policy of the Government has been to discourage the sale of cigarettes in Sri Lanka. He said that the Government took office in 2015 after being elected on a mandate which included discouraging the sale of cigarettes in the country. Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera had said earlier that there was a request made to the Government to allow Chinese cigarettes to be imported

17 Jun, 2019