Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Deputy Director Robert Mahoney said the Sri Lankan Government had a long way to go to facilitate a free media.
“The attorney general’s appeal to journalists to return from exile is just a first step,” Mahoney said. “The government must go further by taking concrete action to address the climate of impunity [...]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to appoint members to his expert committee only after UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe visits Sri Lanka to hold discussions with the government.
The UN Chief is reportedly finalizing the details of his visit.
“Ban Ki-moon is yet to finalize the [...]
SLFP General Secretary and Minister Maithripala Sirisena said that the Emergency Regulations were extended to enable the further detention of over 10,000 LTTE suspects currently in government custody.
He said these individuals would have to be released if the Emergency Regulations were withdrawn. He added that the regulations were in no [...]
UNP Secretary General Tissa Attanayake has informed the Cabinet Secretary that Ministers Johnston Fernando and Indika Bandaranayake can no longer hold their portfolios as they are no longer members of parliament.
In the letter, Attanayake has stated that under Section 44 (1) (a) of the Constitution only a member of parliament [...]
The Head of the UK Diplomatic Service, Permanent Under-Secretary Sir Peter Ricketts, who arrived in Sri Lanka on March 10, has called on the government to allow humanitarian organizations to play a full role in the resettlement of IDPs.
Sir Peter had expressed the UK’s willingness to support Sri Lanka to restore [...]
UNP Colombo District candidate Shiral Lakthileka was questioned by the Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) today on his affiliation with former Army Commander, Retired General Sarath Fonseka during the Presidential election.
Lakthileka told The Sunday Leader that he was questioned on fund disbursements made by General Fonseka during the Presidential election campaign [...]
UNP Matale District parliamentarian and district leader Ranjith Aluvihare has asked the President for security, stating there is an attempt to assassinate him.
Aluvihare has reportedly informed the President and IGP Mahinda Balasuriya that a group of thugs have already been brought to Kandalama to carry out the assassination.
The Kurunegala police have arrested two officers from the Ministerial Security Division (MSD) on Monday for their alleged involvement in a brawl that took place between UPFA supporters in a restaurant in Kuliyapitiya.
The supporters engaged in the brawl are reportedly affiliated to two government ministers who are contesting the general election [...]
The government has agreed to the opening of an Indian consul office in Jaffna following discussions with Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who was recently in Sri Lanka.
During the discussions between the Sri Lankan officials and Rao, the possibility of using the Indian consulate in Jaffna as a coordinating office [...]
UNP Moneragala District parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara has sent a letter of demand on Monday to Uva Provincial Councilor Tissa Kuttiarachchi demanding Rs. 1,000 lakhs for bringing disrepute to his good name.
Madduma Bandara has stated that Kuttiarachchi’s false accusation that he had removed a name from the UNP Moneragala District [...]
