AFP , Saturday 21 Sep 2024 Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the ...

Abdul Wazeeth of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has been appointed as a Member of Parliament, the National Election Commission announced. ..

The government has been trying to overcome the most serious economic breakdown in the country’s modern history. By ...

By Ishu Bandara The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is preparing a third consecutive strategic plan. The first such plan was submitted for 2017-2020, followed by a second for 2022-2025. Commissioner ...

Good afternoon and thank you for coming.I have just wrapped up my visit of a little over three days in Sri Lanka, and I feel ...

Starlink, the SpaceX-operated satellite internet service, is now available in Sri Lanka, the third market to allow the service in South Asia after Bhutan and Bangladesh. Elon Musk, SpaceX’s ...

A country with minimum corruption is a possibility given a proper holistic and sustained approach to accountability and ...

I also call for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and a moratorium on its use and urge an expedited review and release of long-term PTA detainees and prisoners. Also, the Online ...

The original Proportional Representation (PR) system of 1978, is despised by sections of the general public and academia due ...

By Jehan Perera, Executive Director at the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka (This article is based on a speech delivered at the 57th Meezan Journal launch of the Law Students' Muslim Majlis at the ...

Sri Lanka and China have signed two Memoranda of Understanding to set up a working group on trade facilitation, and on industrial and supply chain cooperation, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo said.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) led National People’s Power (NPP) Government of President Anura Kumara Disanayake created ...