President Ranil Wickremesinghe delivering a special statement in Parliament this morning (07), announced that he had received a financial assurance letter from the Exim Bank of China last night and the letter of agreement, which he signed with the Governor of the Central Bank, had been sent to the International Monetary Fund. Accordingly, the President […]
CIA Chief’s cloak-and-dagger visit: By Shamindra Ferdinando Pivuthuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader, Udaya Gammanpila, MP, yesterday (06) said that the Wickremesinghe-Rajapaksa government and the US embassy in Colombo should come clean on CIA Director William Joseph Burns’ Colombo visit. The former Power and Energy Minister said so in response to The Island query whether the […]
By Saman Indrajith The JVP says that the Election Commission should announce an early date for the local council polls. JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Pelawatte said: “There is a serious doubt in the minds of people with regard to the conduct of the elections commission. […]
Sri Lanka’s 6th Periodic Review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) will be held on 8 and 9 March 2023 in Geneva, according to Foreign Ministry press release issued yesterday (06) Sri Lanka acceded to the ICCPR on 11 June 1980. Currently, 173 countries have ratified the ICCPR. In addition to […]
Sri Lanka has the second highest electricity prices in Asia, energy expert Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya said at an event, organied by the Sri Lanka Institute of Engineering – Northwest Branch, and the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union, He said Sri Lanka was also not doing what it had to do to come out of the […]