India lifts export ban on onions for Sri Lanka

Australia rejects UN call to release Sri Lankan Tamil family

Australia has rejected a United Nations call to release a Tamil asylum-seeking family from offshore detention after the UN weighed in on a case that has galvanised huge public support. The family of four has been held at the Christmas Island detention facility for the past month while their fight to stay in the country is before the courts. Kokilapathmapriya Nadesalingam and Nadesalingam Murugappan, from Sri Lanka, arrived in Australia by boat separately in 2012 and 2013 seeking asylum and hav

02 Oct, 2019

A.S.P. Liyanage makes another attempt to become President

Businessman A.S.P. Liyanage placed his bond at the Election Commission today in another attempt by him to become President. Liyanage, the leader of the Labour Party and a former diplomat, said that he was confident he will secure the most number of votes at the election. He told reporters that the people of Sri Lanka do not feel safe anymore and he felt there needs to be a new face in the election race. Liyanage contested in the Presidential elections in 2010 and 2015 and lost. However, he w

02 Oct, 2019

Sri Lanka for tangible actions which will serve the country

Sri Lanka has called for tangible actions which will serve the interest of the country. Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha who is leading the Sri Lanka delegation to the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly, met with Office of Counter-Terrorism (OCT) Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov and his team and Assistant-Secretary-General (ASG) and Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) Executive Director Mich?le Coninsx on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Aryasi

02 Oct, 2019