The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) is receiving complaints from Muslims about widespread harassment tied to “cultural misunderstandings, stereotyping and insensitivities to a way of life,” said Deepika Udagama, its Chairperson, this week. The whole Muslim community was… Read More ›
RATHMALYAYA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) – N.K. Masliya says she has been visiting a neighborhood clinic in the northwestern Sri Lankan village of Rathmalyaya for over five years, always dressed in a black abaya – a cloak-like over-garment worn by some Muslim… Read More ›
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s army commander Mahesh Senanayake said the threat of more extremist militant attacks through IS terror organization had been contained and the security services had dismantled most of the network linked to the Easter Sunday bombings. Senanayake… Read More ›
The death toll in Sri Lanka has soared to 290 after a wave of blasts hit churches and luxury hotels across the country on Easter Sunday. Police said that 24 arrests have now been made, but the government has not… Read More ›
Singapore rejected Wednesday Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s allegation it was sheltering a former central bank chief wanted for fraud, saying Colombo failed to provide documents to support its extradition request. Sirisena on Monday accused Singapore of sheltering Arjuna Mahendran,… Read More ›
COLOMBO, March 19 (Reuters) – India’sAccord Group and Oman’s Ministry of Oil and Gas have signed a $3.85 billion deal to build an oil refinery in Sri Lanka, the biggest single pledge of foreign direct investment ever made in the… Read More ›
Colombo – Sri Lankan police on Thursday made one of their biggest heroin hauls in years, days after unidentified gunmen shot dead an anti-narcotics agent near Colombo. Police said the 200kg haul – worth more than ?2bn on the street… Read More ›
Sri Lanka Passports Authority will stop issuance of ‘Middle East Only’ passports from 31st December 2018, and will issue only ‘All Country’ Passports from January 1, 2019, according to Immigration and Emigration Controller General M.N. Ranasinghe. He said the department… Read More ›
Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated as Sri Lankan prime minister here on Sunday, likely ending a political crisis that began in late October when he was surprisingly ousted. Wickremesinghe’s comeback is an embarrassment for President Maithripala Sirisena, who replaced him with… Read More ›
Colombo (AFP) – A Sri Lanka court on Monday suspended Mahinda Rajapakse’s powers as prime minister and ruled that his cabinet could not function until its legitimacy was established. The court of appeal said “irreparable damage” could be done to… Read More ›
