Provincial letters to be scrapped from number plates

Sri Lanka accuses Malaysia of failing to protect Ansar

The Government today accused Malaysia of failing to protect the Sri Lankan?High Commissioner of Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar, despite him seeking protection. The Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in the High Commissioner of Malaysia to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning to express the condemnation of the Government of Sri Lanka, on the assault carried out by a group of persons yesterday Sunday 4 September 2016, on Sri Lanka?s High Commissioner to Malaysia, in a restricted

05 Sep, 2016

Malaysian Foreign Ministry expresses regret over attack

The Government of Malaysia today expressed regret over the incident involving the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Malaysia, Ibrahim Ansar, and a group of protesters on 4 September 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The incident caused minor injuries to the High Commissioner. The Malaysian Foreign Ministry said that the Government of Malaysia expresses its sympathies to Ibrahim Ansar and gives the assurance that the Malaysian authorities will investigate the incident and bring tho

06 Sep, 2016

SLFP invites leftist parties to work with them at polls

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today invited leftist parties to work with them to form the next Government. SLFP General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake said that the SLFP will look to form a new Government at the next Parliamentary elections. He said the SLFP, led by President Maithripala Sirisena, is ready to work with leftist parties in a political alliance. Dissanayake also said the SLFP will not agree to the demands of the joint opposition. The SLFP General Secretary was speaking at a

06 Sep, 2016