The Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government has announced that the amended Provincial Councils Elections Bill will be presented to Parliament next week. Minister Professor Chandana Abeyrathna stated that the bill has already been gazetted. He mentioned that after the bill is presented to Parliament, it will be passed by this month,…
The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) reached a historic 2.41 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in throughput, marking its highest-ever performance. The Port of Colombo, including terminals like South Asia Gateway Terminals (SAGT) and Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT), recorded a total of 7.78 million TEUs. Ongoing infrastructure developments, including the partial operation of the…
Sri Lanka Police have launched the e-Traffic mobile application, a cutting-edge tool aimed at reducing traffic violations and improving road safety in line with the ‘Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative. The app was officially launched yesterday (January 01) by Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Attorney-at-Law Priyantha Weerasuriya, at a ceremony held at the Police Headquarters….
As Sri Lankans, we step into 2025 with the dawn of a new era, a time when the dreams of prosperity that our nation and its people have long cherished begin to materialize. The parliamentary elections of 2024 enabled us to establish a government with a strong majority, earning the trust of people across the…
Downtown Colombo and especially its upmarket commercial areas sparkled, and will continue to do so, in the night this Christmas season until the grand finale on New Year’s Eve. There is little indication that this city of night lights had experienced dire economic collapse just three years ago. The long lines of vehicles that once…
Chairman of the Lanka Sathosa Ltd Dr. Samitha Perera said that 300 metric tons of rice are being released daily to the market through Sathosa outlets. The rice will be sold at government-controlled prices. He also emphasized challenges in formulating an emergency response plan for rice imports while protecting local farmers.
The number of tourists who visited Sri Lanka this year surpassed 2 million as of today. Today, 53-year-old Prasan Inokanunt, a journalist from Thailand, and his wife arrived in Sri Lanka, marking the milestone of the 2 millionth tourist this year. A special ceremony was held at Bandaranaike International Airport Katunayake to welcome the couple….
The Sri Lanka Airforce has initiated a probe into the discovery of a drone found in the seas off Trincomalee. The drone, said to be a Target Drone produced overseas, was discovered by a fisherman who had brought it to the shore and informed the police. It was subsequently handed over to the SLAF.
Historically, practically every Sri Lankan Government has attempted to enact repressive legislation to control civil society organisations/non-governmental organisations (CSOs/NGOs). The most recent iteration of this is the notice issued by the NGO Secretariat (hereinafter the Secretariat) on 12 December 2024 instructing all CSOs/NGOs, including those registered under other laws, such as the Companies Act, to…
I am writing on behalf of the Asian Human Rights Commission, a regional Human Rights Organization based in Hong Kong, to raise three vital areas that need immediate attention by way of initiatives for reforms in order to ensure the restoration of the rule of law and respect for human rights in Sri Lanka. The…
