Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court said on May 9 that the decriminalisation of penal provisions pertaining to same-sex relationships is not inconsistent with the Constitution, essentially greenlighting a private Bill to this effect.
Former MP M.M. Zuhair, PC, has questioned the rationale behind Sri Lanka sending a delegation to forthcoming Geneva sessions as Foreign Minister Ali Sabry,PC, has declared that the government wouldn’t accept UN HRC mechanism to gather evidence on human rights violations.Zuhair told The Island that Minister Sabry’s stand should be examined against the backdrop of […]
In terms of Section 35 of the Monetary Law Act No. 58 of 1949, the seventy second Annual Report of the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was presented today (29.04.2022) to Hon. M U M Ali Sabry, the Minister of Finance, by Dr. P Nandalal Weerasinghe, the Governor of the Central.
Sujeeva Nivunhella reporting from London The travel trade hopes to attract more British tourists to Sri Lanka following the success of the country’s pavilion at the World Travel Market (WTM) concluded recently at London’s Excel Exhibition Hall. The display at the pavilion was warmly applauded by industry professionals and other visitors. Sri Lanka had a […]