Four school boys drown while bathing in Ma Oya river

Bangladesh keen to address outstanding issues with Sri Lanka

Bangladesh is keen to address a number of outstanding major issues of mutually beneficial interest with Sri Lanka. The newly-appointed Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, M Riaz Hamidullah,?presented his credentials to President Maithripala Sirisena in Colombo. During the ceremony, the high commissioner pointed out that a number of outstanding major issues of mutually beneficial interest, including the proposed bilateral FTA and the coastal shipping agreement, could be finalised during

06 Oct, 2016

India, Sri Lanka to sign economy, technology pact by year-end

India and Sri Lanka will sign the Economic and Technology Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) by the end of this year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today as both countries look to cement ties further, Live Mint reported. Addressing the India Economic Summit organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Wikremesinghe said, ?We are cognizant that the economic asymmetry between Sri Lanka and India will increase in the future when the latter emerges as a major global player in an increasingly m

06 Oct, 2016

Injunction order issued against Vithanage’s movie

An injunction order was issued today against Prasanna Vithanage’s movie ‘Usaviya Nihandai’ (Silence in?the Courts). In the movie, two women from a farming village about 100km away from country’s capital are raped within one year by court judge presiding over cases which involved their husbands as accused parties. A newspaper editor publishes the cover up of the incident and with the buildup peer pressure, three years after the incidents took place, the Judiciary Services Commission appoints a

05 Oct, 2016