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"Scotland Yard is welcome, but also bring back local officials removed by the Rajapaksha regime," says a Catholic priest. Church officials and rights activists in Sri Lanka have sought to form a wider international team of independent experts and investigators...

The Sri Lanka core group consisting United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Malawi, Montenegro, North Macedonia, United States of America​ has made available the 1st draft of Sri Lanka resolution on ​Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka to member states. Sri...

Several US Senators, including the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Menendez, have introduced a Senate resolution calling for a comprehensive international approach to Sri Lanka's current political and economic crisis, including problems related to poor governance...

The US ambassador to Sri Lanka, Ms. Julie Chung, indicated that she had very productive discussions with Mr. Rauf Hakeem and Mr Rishad Bathurdeen . Discussions has evolve around political and economical situations of Sri Lanka. Ambassador's tweet is appended...

A dead monk's body in the Seeduwa area. The police have found the body of a Thero who died mysteriously in a temple in the Seeduwa area. Nadagamuwe Mahanama Thero, the vihara chief of Seeduwa Vathewa Raddaluwa Sri Nandarama Viharaya,...

Sri Lanka sold 80 billion rupees in 3-month Treasury bills at an auction on September 14, with yields across maturities easing. After offering 35 billion rupees, the debt office sold 78 billion rupees at 32.71 percent, down 18 basis points....

DA Rajapakse commemoration is to be held on November 24. It has been decided to hold the Rajapaksa commemoration in a grand manner this time. A special discussion regarding this has been held today under the chairmanship of Mr. Mahinda...

Australia and Sri Lanka have looked into investment opportunities in Sri Lanka's renewable energy sector, according to the President's Media Division (PMD). President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Australian High Commissioner, HE Paul Stephens, reportedly had a preliminary round of negotiations. A...

The official poverty line at the National level for July, 2022 has been increased to Rs. 13,138, the Census and Statistics Department says.  The calculations of the minimum expenditure per person per month to fulfill basic needs, and in January...

Today (14) afternoon, a group of ETI depositors protested near the Central Bank of Sri Lanka premises. During the protest, 5 of them got the opportunity to go inside the Central Bank and discuss with its officials. The officers said...