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 ...
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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 ...
Senior Advisor Jayantha Dhanapala meets with High Commissioner for Human Rights and Members of the Human Rights Council
Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala, Senior Advisor on Foreign Affairs to the President of Sri Lanka visited Geneva from 27th – 29th January 2015. He met the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, President of the ...
US Assistant Secretary of State Biswal meets Foreign Minister Samaraweera
Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera held official talks with visiting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia of the USA, Ms. Nisha Biswal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. Assistant Secretary Biswal reviewed a range of bilateral issues. She conveyed the US Government’s desire to work closely with the newly elected government of President Maithripala Sirisena.
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 ...