report in Daily Mirror online, Nov 12, 2023COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga has alleged that Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jay Shah was responsible for the issues plaguing Sri Lankan cricket. In an interview posted on YouTube, Ranatunga alleged the close connection with officials of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had created a situation where submissive to the BCCI. “Because of the connection between…
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by Sahan Tennekoon in The Daily Morning, Sept 29, 2023The increase in the number of Sri Lankan migrants who enter the Sultanate of Oman on visit and tourist visas has caused inconvenience to the procedures of the Sri Lankan diplomatic corps in Oman, The Daily Morning learns. In the wake of around 130 illegal migrant workers being stranded in Oman at the moment, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Sultanate of Oman, Ahamed Lebbe…
by Khushboo Razdan in SCMP, Sept 19, 2023New York: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday declared the Aukus security pact between Australia, Britain and the US “a mistake” while rejecting any concerns over Beijing’s perceived influence on his debt-ridden island nation. “It is a military alliance moved against one country – China,” he said at an event hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in New York on the sidelines of the United…
report in www.adaderana.lk, Aug 27, 2023 at 12:19 pmYhe Ministry of Defence has granted approval for the Chinese geophysical and seismic survey vessel ‘Shi Yan 6’ to carry out research on Sri Lankan waters with the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA). A Spokesman of the Ministry of Defence stated that the approval was granted on request by NARA and the Foreign Ministry. China had requested permission for a research ship to dock…
report in Daily FT, 20 May 2023Sri Lanka’s Ambassador in China Dr. Palitha Kohona attended the Belt and Road International Tea Trading Forum in Hefeng County, Hubei Province as a guest speaker. Hubei has over 700,000 hectares of immaculately tended tea gardens. Addressing the gathering of tea experts (including many academics), senior government and party officials, tea traders and diplomats, Ambassador Kohona, as an invited guest speaker, underlined the continuing significance of the tea industry…
AFP report, April 27, 2023 The United States said Wednesday it would refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who had been charged with killings during the island’s long civil war. A Sri Lankan investigation accused former navy chief Wasantha Karannagoda, among others, of abducting teenage children of wealthy families and killing them after extorting money. Authorities in 2021 dropped charges, prompting an outcry from human rights groups, and he…
report in Daily Mirror online, Apr 20, 2023 Serious allegations of bribes paid to a Sri Lankan to bury the matter Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe instructs police to initiate probe CEJ says only 29 days remaining for govt. to take legal action At a time when the country is depending on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its international partners to bail Sri Lanka out of its worst ever economic crisis, there are serious questions as…