Deputy Assistant Secretary of State James Moore, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Vikram Singh, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jane Zimmerman will travel to Sri Lanka and Maldives from January 26-February 1, 2013.

In Sri Lanka they will meet with senior Sri Lankan officials, members of various political parties as well as civil society to discuss a wide range of issues, including progress in implementing the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission recommendations and National Action Plan. In Maldives they wi

Speaking at a media briefing in Colombo Friday, Minister of Higher Education S.B.Dissanayake commented on the clash that broke out between students at the University of Moratuwa.

'There is evidence that can be used to identify those who were involved. We will convene a special meeting at 6 p.m. tomorrow on this matter with the CID, SSP and the DIG. We will apprehend the wrong-doers.

Following the leak in the GCE Ordinary Levels national examination last month, Sri Lanka Department of Examination has decided to establish a pool of officials for the examinations.
At present the examination staff is deployed mainly by the Department of Education.

Under the new system the coordinating officers and the center chiefs will be selected from the pool.

The Department of Examination has planned to call for applications from the qualified staff to join the pool. Basic qualifications for the examination

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is still serving in the Arab state, despite the government stating that it has recalled its envoy to protest the execution of Rizana Nafeek in the country, the foreign ministry said.

The Sri Lankan ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahamed Javad has not been recalled and is still serving in that post, a spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs said.

The ministry further said that no decision has been taken yet to recall him or to replace him.

Twenty one Sri Lankan fishermen have been arrested by the Indian Coast Guard for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and poaching in Indian waters. They were sent to Puzhal prison on Friday.

Tamil Nadu Police said on Thursday, during routine surveillance, a coast guard ship found the fishermen near Krishnapattinam, a coastal village in Andhra Pradesh. They were detained along with their four boats and equipment.

Sandhya Eknaligoda, wife of disappeared journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda, today stated that there is a connection between the disappearance of her husband and newly appointed Chief Justice Mohan Peiris.

She observed that the former Attorney General giving evidence at the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) in Geneva claimed that Prageeth is believed to be living in exile in another country.  

However, after returning to the country he appeared before court and stated that he does not remember who the source of his

Director of the Media Centre for National Security, Lakshman Hulugalle declined to confirm or deny reports of the website for the centre being hacked.

When the Daily Mirror asked Hulugalle as to the veracity of the reports of the website being hacked, Hulgalle said “No, if there is anything I will let you know.”

The Website remains unavailable from Thursday January 17. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Reaction Team said they were yet to receive a complaint regarding the hack

The government acts regarding having anti-government views as a terrorist act states ‘People’s Wall of Comradeship’. The co-convener of the organization Parliamentarian Sunil Handunneththi addressing a media conference in Vavuniya yesterday (18th) has said the democratic environment in the North and the East is breaking down despite it is necessary to build national unity among all communities specially after a 30 year war. People are denied their civil rights, the civil administration is breaking down and the people ar

Battle lines have been drawn in the Kelaniya electorate between members of the ruling SLFP after first blood was drawn last week of a Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member by Public Affairs and Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva.
The dissention that was simmering against the former SLFP Kelaniya organizer, Minister Mervyn Silva intensified with the murder of Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member Hasitha Madawela on the 5th. Members of the Pradeshiya Sabha came out in the open accusing Silva of murdering their colleague.

The Law College (LC) Principal has withdrawn his request for re-correction of the controversial 2012 LC entrance exam papers, until the Council of Legal Education gives its approval, Examinations Commissioner W.M.N. Pushpakumara said.

The controversy surrounding the LC entrance examination deepens with the Exams Dept and the LC still undecided on future action.

On Wednesday (9), Bodu Bala Sena representatives and LC Entrance Students Union met Mr Pushpakumara over claims that the paper was manipulated.