EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator to visit Sri Lanka
July 10, 2019 (LBO) – European Union's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove will visit Sri Lanka this week. The visits aim to support the two …
July 10, 2019 (LBO) – European Union's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove will visit Sri Lanka this week. The visits aim to support the two …
Jul 03, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's top police officer, Pujitha Jayasundara and the former Defence Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Hemasiri Fernando were …
Jun 19, 2019 (LBO) – Due to unavoidable scheduling conflicts during his upcoming visit to the Indo-Pacific region that includes accompanying US President to …
Jun 13, 2019 (LBO) – Ambassadors from seventeen Muslim countries held a special meeting in Parliament on Tuesday, the Speaker’s Media Division announced. …
Tangible measures to collaborate with UN mechanisms in keeping with international norms and practices took center stage at discussions during the recent visit …
Jun 12, 2019 (LBO) – Secretary Pompeo's Sri Lanka visit will be focused on to discuss promising opportunities for Sri Lanka based on shared commitments to a …
Jun 09, 2019 (LBO) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited Sri Lanka today on an invitation extended by President Maithripala Sirisena, held …
Jun 06, 2019 (LBO) – The US Department of State’s Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs R Clarke Cooper visited Sri Lanka to discuss security …
Jun 03, 2019 (LBO) – Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has sent a missive to the Ministry of Defence urging the Ministry to take necessary measures to prevent …
May 24, 2019 (LBO) – Responding to a joint statement issued recently by the UN Special Advisors, Sri Lanka’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York …
May 23, 2019 (LBO) – The ration and other allowances paid to all the officers and other ranks in the Tri – Services have been increased by the government, …
May 22, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Parliament will appoint a Select Committee to look into and report to Parliament on the terrorist attacks that took place …
Tenth anniversary of a Sri Lankan victory (Translation of the text of a speech made by Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaka at his official residence on Wijerama …
May 17, 2019 (LBO) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana yesterday, the Office of the Spokesperson at …
May 15, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Police continued to arrest and remand dozens of persons linked to communal attacks in several towns in the island, which …
May 14, 2019 (LBO) – United Nations Special Advisers have encouraged the Government to make sure that the recent attacks against religious minorities and …
May 13, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene has been appointed as the acting Defence Minister in coordination with President …
By: Ganeshan Wignaraja Over 250 people died in last month’s IS-linked Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, making it one of the worst terror attacks since …
May 05, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s proposed counter-terrorism law is, in fact, a comprehensive relief package for terrorists, the Opposition Leader Mahinda …
April 28, 2019 (LBO) - A nation is in mourning. One week ago today, on Easter Sunday April 21, 2019, Sri Lanka was hit by one of the most sinister acts of …