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The United Nations is accusing the Sri Lankan government of starving its humanitarian agencies of much-needed fuel to operate vehicles and also generators which power freezers storing life-saving vaccines and other medicines. The continued power shortages, caused by lack of fuel, will soon affect the preservation of vaccines and essential medicines, the UN warned in a letter to Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa.

President urges Bhagwati to continue; clarifies AG’s remarks

The President’s Office on Friday sent an urgent letter to Justice P. N. Bhagwati, Chairman of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) monitoring the probe on human rights investigations in Sri Lanka clarifying the Government’s position on the ongoing exchange of accusations between the Group and the Attorney General.

Govt. under heavy pressure from Co-chairs

Sri Lanka's major aid donors who met in Oslo this week to review developments in Sri Lanka have set a four-point agenda to end the ongoing fighting and resume peace talks. The Donor Co-chairs of the peace process, as they identify themselves, ......

Loss-making CPC in Rs. 50 m security deal

Whilst the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) sends the cost of living skyrocketing by enforcing another fuel price hike on Friday night, it is spending a staggering fifty million rupees on a private security company to guard its oil installations.