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High Post Committee to probe Ravi Seneviratne

Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- The High Post Committee of Parliament has decided to summon Public Security Ministry Secretary Ravi Seneviratne for an inquiry into legal cases pending against him. The Committ... Read More


'I will move in two months' time'- CBK

Sri Lanka, Sept. 12 -- In the wake of the enactment of the Presidents' Entitlements (Repeal) Act, former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga who governed between 1994 and 2005, said that she ... Read More


Sri Lanka set to make conciliatory approach

Sri Lanka, Sept. 2 -- Sri Lanka is seeking a conciliatory approach with the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this time under the National People's Power (NPP) government, with the promise t... Read More


Ranil's arrest: A new watershed in Sri Lanka's politics

Sri Lanka, Aug. 30 -- In recent Sri Lankan political history, there were watershed moments that changed the directions of governments. The past governments sometimes experienced such defining moment... Read More


All former Presidents under probe for possible malpractices during office

Sri Lanka, Aug. 29 -- In the wake of the arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe over the alleged misuse of state funds for a foreign trip, the government said it would probe similar malpracti... Read More


Ranil's arrest a launching pad for major alliance

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- The opposition parties - the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), United National Party (UNP), Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the People's Alliance (PA) etc - that came together in ... Read More


Irony strikes Ranil as he was remanded in prison standing on his ancestral land - Wajira

Sri Lanka, Aug. 28 -- United National Party (UNP) Chairman Wajira Abeywardena said that the 43-acre land on which the Welikada Prison now stands once belonged to the ancestral family of former Preside... Read More


More countries seek free visa entry into Sri Lanka

Colombo, Aug. 9 -- In the wake of Sri Lanka waiving visa fees for nationals from 40 more countries, many other countries have sought the same facility for their nationals coming here as tourists, Dail... Read More


Govt deploys team to find sugar mafia

Sri Lanka, Aug. 7 -- The government,which is in a quandary over the inability to sell off brown sugar manufactured at four local factories, has deployed a team to investigate whether a mafia is involv... Read More


'Import American vehicles duty-free' U.S. tells Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, Aug. 5 -- The United States (U.S.), in its tariff negotiations, requested Sri Lanka to grant duty-free access to American vehicles, including Electric Vehicles (EVs), in its bid to narrow t... Read More