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By Ranil Wickremesinghe – With regard to the current state of the economy and the Way Ahead, I would like to recall the speech I made in the House on the 05th of November 2015. We can once again become the resplendent nation we were under Manawamma...

A woman shouts slogans against United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay outside the U.N. office in Colombo. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS. That it would be a visit fraught with diplomatic tension was undoubted. Navanetham ‘Navi’ Pillay...

Sri Lanka assures of probe into Indian fisherman’s killing: MEA New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Indian government on Thursday said Colombo had assured of a thorough probe into the killing of an Indian fisherman allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy. “The...

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has issued a statement regarding the impeachment hearing of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake in which it states that the hearing ignores international standards and violates due process. The ICJ also...

SL Seamen are now free from Somalian Pirates A Sri Lankan seaman who was on a vessel hijacked by Somali pirates in December 2010 with 20 crew members on board, has been freed, the External Affairs Ministry said. K.A.S. Soorasena was a member of the...