Melania Trump, the first lady of the US, on Thursday made an unannounced visit to a child detention centre in Texas. She stated that she wanted to help reunite migrant children with their families.
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Sarath Amunugama presents his latest book to President
Minister Dr. Sarath Amunugama presented a copy of his latest book to President Maithripala Sirisena at the President’s House recently. -
Ranil arrives in Delhi
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was accorded a warm welcome on arrival in New Delhi on Thursday evening. He is currently on a three-day official visit to India. This is his fifth official visit to India since taking office in 2015. -
Tamil Progressive Front meets President
Representatives of Tamil Progressive Front met President Maithripala Sirisena in the Parliamentary Complex on Wednesday, October 17 and held discussions. Issues pertaining to upcountry Tamils such as their wage issues and development activities were discussed. -
Anura Dissanayaka in Italy briefs Lankans of island’s political situation
The Leader of the JVP Anura Dissanayaka addressed a seminar held in the city of Verona in Italy. The theme of the seminar was “People’s Administration to Develop & Protect Country”. -
Govt’s failure to identify economic, social priorities cause of political turbulence: Peiris
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Chairman G.L.Peiris has charged that it is the failure on the part of the Maithripala-Ranil government to identify the economic and social priorities and to address them early that has caused the present political turbulence in the country. -
Mahinda appoints committee to recommend policies to revive economy
Former President, Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa has appointed a three-member committee chaired by Central Bank former Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal to make recommendations to revive the economy of the country. -
Indian PM appreciates President’s prompt denial; stresses his neighbourhood first policy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed appreciation of President Sirisena’s prompt steps to refute reports that alluded to Indian involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate him. -
President calls Indian PM Narendra Modi
President Maithripala Sirisena made a telephone call to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday evening following the RAW controversy and his categorical denial of media reports. -
RAW controversy; President meets Indian HC
President Maithripala Sirisena met with Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday morning and clarified over reports that he had referred to Indian involvement in the alleged assassination plot. -
RAW controversy; PMD clarifies
President media division has denied reports in Sri Lankan and foreign media that President Sirisena had at a weekly Cabinet Meeting told ministers that the Indian Intelligence Service was trying to kill him, but Indian Premier Narendra Modi may not be aware of the plan. -
Pakistan High Commission’s Official Website re-launched
High Commissioner of Pakistan Dr. Shahid Ahmad Hashmat unveiled the new interface of the official website of the High Commission recently. -
OMP meets families of missing in Colombo
The Office on Missing Persons (OMP) met families from the Western Province in Colombo and briefed them on the ongoing process to address the issue on people reported missing.
US President Donald Trump signed an order that immigrant families will be detained together, except in cases where there are concerns about the child's welfare. It would end separation of families. The signing ceremony was held on Wednesday.
The signing of the order by President Trump has been viewed as his bowing down to international pressure and fury over the separation of undocumented parents and children. It was reported that more than 2300 children have been separated from their parents or adult relatives after they illegally crossed the border since May 5.
President Trump said that he had been swayed by images of children who have been taken from parents while they are jailed and prosecuted for illegal border-crossing. He also ordered prioritising immigration cases involving detained families.
He said: "It's about keeping families together. I did not like the sight of families being separated."
Pope Francis has criticized the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border saying populism is not the answer to the world's immigration problems.
Former Maldives Foreign Minister and eldest daughter of the former President of the Maldives, Dunya Maumoon has urged the release of her father from imprisonment.
The United States has quit the United Nations Human Rights Council alleging that it is 'cesspool of political bias.' US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley made this announcement on Wednesday. She said: "hypocritical and self-serving" body "makes a mockery of human rights".
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