Human Rights Watch urges Sri Lanka to revoke sweeping new order to restrict protest
NEW YORK: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Sri Lankan government to reverse a new regulation that unlawfully restricts protests in large areas…
US announces $40 million agricultural aid to Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: The United States has announced $40 million in aid to buy fertilizer and other key agricultural inputs in time for the next cultivation season…
Two Canadians of Sri Lankan origin among Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2022
OTTAWA: Two Canadians of Sri Lankan origin, Professor Janaka Ruwanpura and Dr. Sivakumar Gulasingam have been named among the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants of 2022,…
Sri Lanka Navy contingent returns after participating in RIMPAC 2022 exercise
COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) marine contingent which left for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 exercise, hosted by the US Pacific Fleet,…
Sri Lanka targets organisers of protests that toppled president
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government is cracking down on the people who participated in a protest movement that toppled the island nation’s president last month,…
The Ambassador, His Swanky New Embassy and the Limits of Diplomatic Immunity
NEW YORK: The U.S. is doing a small developing country’s dirty work in prosecuting its ex-ambassador for fraud, and it may eventually be cause for…
The hope and fear of the Sri Lankan protest movement
© THE NEW YORKER By Isaac Chotiner NEW YORK: Last week, protesters in Colombo stormed the residence of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka,…
Sri Lanka’s crisis likely won’t be resolved soon
© COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS By Akhil Bery NEW YORK: For over one hundred days, Sri Lankans have been protesting in the streets while the…
The United Nations General Assembly adopts Sri Lanka sponsored resolution to declare March 1st as ‘World Seagrass Day’
NEW YORK: The United Nations General Assembly adopted today (23rd May 2022), a Sri Lanka sponsored Resolution A/76/L.56, declaring 1st March as World Seagrass Day….
Diplomatic relations established between Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste
NEW YORK: The signing ceremony of the Joint Communiqué on establishing diplomatic relations between the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic…