China?s actions bringing India, US closer

President Obama Urged to de-list LTTE in the US

US?President Barack Obama has been urged to de-list the LTTE in the US. A Tamil diaspora group in the US, Tamils for Obama, said that many Tamils are suffering because of the listing of the LTTE. “Because of the listing of Tamil Tigers, it creates pain for many US Tamils when they travel to abroad and when they return to US. They have to go through many hours of interrogation. Some US Tamils have asked us to convince President Obama to help us by removing Tamil Tigers from the list.?Obama can g

21 Dec, 2016

Sri Lanka to obtain Chinese loan for expressway extension

Sri Lanka is to obtain a loan from China for the southern expressway extension work, the Government said today. The Government said that construction work on all four phases of the extension of the southern expressway from Matara to Hambantota commenced in late 2015 and is in progress. The Government said that a proposal made by Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake to enter into a framework agreement with the Government of China to obtain a loan of Renminbi Yuan 577 million for the project and t

21 Dec, 2016

Special provisions Bill in February not for a “Super Minister”

The Government today said that the Development (Special Provisions) draft Bill is likely to be presented to Parliament in February. Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama?however said the Bill is not to help create a “Super Minister” as claimed by the opposition. He said that President Maithripala Sirisena is supportive of the?Development (Special Provisions) draft Bill. The Minister said that some members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party have got the wr

21 Dec, 2016