Wednesday 18th February 2015 By Saman Indrajith Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday that the present government wanted to further strengthen relations with China and develop them more than the ...
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Colombo public praise China’s port city project
Monday, 26th January 2015 by Huang Haimin COLOMBO, (Xinhua) -- People in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo have praised the 1.4 billion-U.S.-dollar port city project which is funded by China on the Indian Ocean i ...
Sri Lanka hands over Ceylon tea for TDPs
Wednesday, 28th January 2015 By Web DeskIslamabad ISLAMABAD: The government of Sri Lanka on Wednesday extended humanitarian relief assistance for the temporary displaced persons (TDPs) of North Waziristan Agency and ha ...
Sri Lankan President Reinstates Impeached Chief Justice
Wednesday, 28th January 2015 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press Sri Lanka's new president has reinstated the country's chief justice, who was impeached two years ago after she refused to bac ...
Sri Lanka Says It Will Return Private Land in Civil War Area
Thursday, 29th January 2015 COLOMBO, Sri Lanka By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press Sri Lanka's new government plans to return private land seized by the military in the civil war-ravaged north and release severa ...
New government will continue friendly relations with Seychelles, says Sri Lankan diplomat
Thursday, 29th January 2015 Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Seychelles Rajatha Piyatissa presented his credentials to Seychelles President James Michel in June 2014 (Joena Bonnelame, Seychelles Nation) (Sey ...
A Whistleblower Protection Act needs to accompany proposed Freedom of Information Act
Friday, 30th January 2015 By S.W.R. de A. Samarasinghe and Tissa Jayatilaka The presidential election results of 8 January suggest that a significant segment of our electorate concurred with the assertion o ...