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CEB agreed for uninterrupted power supply until February 17.
The OHCHR also urged the government to provide full reparations to the victims, establish the truth and ensure justice.
The sanctions come Sri Lanka repeatedly rejecting Western demand to address past rights abuses as per UN resolution
Several Western nations have warned of targeted sanctions on Rajapaksas for past HR abuses
"The decision to forcefully cremate those who succumbed to COVID-19 was not based on any science."
Sri Lanka has donated an initial one million dollars to assist children impacted by Israel's assault on Gaza.
Sri Lanka’s high number of women-headed households are especially hit hard by Covid 19 particularly because women are ...
Member countries of the United Nations Human Rights Council need to be convinced that the government’s actions will ta...
Three UN experts said they deplore the implementation of such public health decisions based on discrimination, aggressiv...
“Foreign governments should not be swayed by this disingenuous attempt to avert urgently needed international action,�...
The first instrument of International Humanitarian Law to explicitly prohibit the use and testing of nuclear weapons com...
At a sermon at the Katuwapitiya church, scene of the most horrific attack on Easter Sunday, the head pf the Colombo chur...
Former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka is saying that giving military training for everyone above the age of...
Cabinet spokesman says even the so-called “five-star” democracies follow the practice and those who oppose it are pu...
Political parties, civil society bodies and victims organisations demand that the Human Rights Council act against the g...
Are Sri Lankans of all ethnicities equal citizens and can this country build a nation that treats all groups equally?
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The Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya holds a rally in Colombo to protect the right to freedom of speech
“Many will regard this as an ominous sign of an on-coming authoritarian regime,” the United National Party observed ...
“Unscrupulous elements” offering to fill hotels with foreign arrivals should not be tolerated Army Commander General...
Opposition lawyers say Ramanayake who was sentenced for contempt of court should be able to continue as an MP
Indian External Affairs Minister tells Virakesari that Sri Lanka has promised to work towards realizing the expectations...
Obstinacy on the Muslim burial issue and the destruction of a memorial for the Jaffna war dead shows the government want...
SJB Parliamentarian asks for protection after he says President Rajapaksa said he could be “killed like a dog.”
University Grants Commission Chairman Snr Prof Sampath Amarathunge says the monument was not suitable for the Sri Lanka ...
Authorities destroy memorial for war dead in University under cover of darkness, police ask protestors to disperse
A leading Civil Society activist from the Muslim community is calling on members of his community to do their best to pr...
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