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Sri Lanka minister says saved over 300 people by police shooting

"I must say if the police didn't take that action, 300 -400 would have been killed by now,"

April 21, 2022 2 min read

Foreign Ministry welcomes Pakistan court verdict on lynched Sri Lankan

Six suspects sentenced to death and nine sentenced to life imprisonment

April 20, 2022 1 min read

Six sentenced to death in Pakistan for lynching Sri Lankan worker

Diyawadana was tortured and burnt by the mob who accused him of blasphemy early in December

April 19, 2022 2 min read

HRW urges IMF to tie Sri Lankan deal with human rights, corruption

“The protests roiling Sri Lanka are a clear message about many people’s economic situation."

April 6, 2022 4 min read
Sri Lanka police denies firing expired teargas, claims it wouldn't work anyway

Thalduwa further claimed that Sri Lanka Police uses teargas produced by internationally recognised companies.

Sri Lanka President wants more women participating in decision making

The need to appoint an Ombudswoman has also been recognised, he said.

Rosy wants to shut down Colombo but government unlikely to agree

The government is unlikely to accede to a request made by Colombo Mayor Rosy Senanayake to shut down the country’s com...

November 17, 2020 2 min read

Private-sector style Labour Laws for State Sector – Cabinet spokesman

The government will go ahead with a plan to introduce laws to resolve employee disputes in the State Sector which will b...

November 17, 2020 1 min read

Opinion: It is time to rethink how we are dealing with Covid

As the second wave of the Covid 19 pandemic continues to engulf the country, and the public is increasingly showing its ...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 16, 2020 8 min read

Police nab man for allegedly posting fake Covid story

Sri Lanka’s police have issued a stern warning to Social Media users who create and share fake news about the Covid 19...

November 14, 2020 2 min read
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National Movement for a Just Society calls for wide consultations on new Constitution

Prof Rohan Samarajiva is saying that process of making a new constitution to the country is not something that is owned ...

November 13, 2020 2 min read

Deepavali celebrations - Government issues guidelines

The Health authorities have issued a set of guidelines to those celebrating the Hindu festival of light – Deepavali - ...

November 12, 2020 2 min read

Cremation of Muslim victims of Covid 19, community leaders hope Govt. will allow burials

Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority is still hopeful that the government will lift the order for the mandatory cremation of th...

November 11, 2020 3 min read
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Covid 19 outbreak at the Welikada jail probably confined to one Ward – Prison’s Chief

Sri Lankan authorities are conducting mass testing for the Coronavirus in its largest jail after at least two dozen inma...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 7, 2020 3 min read

Sri Lanka records 30th Covid death a 23-year-old Colombo resident – Health Chief

Sri Lanka recorded its 30th Covid 19 fatality late last night as the authorities scrambled to deal with an outbreak of t...

November 7, 2020 1 min read

Inmates in crowded Welikada Jail living in fear after several are diagnosed with Covid 19

A group of women detainees at the Welikada jail in Colombo are staging a protest as tensions arising from the discovery ...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 6, 2020 2 min read
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ICRC to set up online interactions between prisoners and families

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is setting up a project for Prison Inmates in Sri Lanka to interact ...

November 5, 2020 2 min read

Ali Sabry defends government actions as issue of cremation of Muslim Covid victims flares up

Health Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi says that a “Specialists Committee” is to meet this week to discuss the conte...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 3, 2020 3 min read

Autopsy being conducted on remains of special needs man to check for Covid

A post-mortem examination of the remains of the 36-year-old man with special needs who allegedly took his own life when ...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 2, 2020 3 min read

China has helped us but we are not caught in a debt-trap GR tells Pompeo

Sri Lanka has been assisted by China in its post-war reconstruction efforts but is not caught in a debt-trap President G...

October 28, 2020 3 min read

US offers Sri Lanka a vision different to what is offered by China - Pompeo

The United States offers a different vision for Sri Lanka of shared democratic values and the exercise of sovereign righ...

October 28, 2020 2 min read

SLMC must reveal details of deal struck with Govt. to support 20A - UNP

The United National Party is demanding that the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress reveal the deal it struck with Prime Minister ...

October 28, 2020 1 min read

Pompeo meets Lankan leadership today to keep Colombo within US orbit

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who arrived in Sri Lanka last night will have talks today with President Go...

October 28, 2020 2 min read

The government will fight efforts to lift ban on the LTTE in the UK – Foreign Ministry

The door has opened for the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the United Kingdom to be lifted by a r...

October 22, 2020 2 min read
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Amid rumours his party MPs will support 20A, Hakeem urges them to oppose it

Leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem is urging the members of his party not to vote in favour of the ...

October 22, 2020 2 min read

Govt. should prioritize Health and Quarantine laws not Constitution - Sajith

Faced with a pandemic the government’s priority should be enacting laws to deal with the health crisis and not bring i...

October 22, 2020 2 min read
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