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“We will give our recommendations based on our independent investigation,” said Liyanage.
“My message to society is that we have to say no to this racism."
Violent clashes across the country started after Rajapaksa supporters unleashed violence against unarmed protesters
Eight people died in the violence and over 230 were injured, according to police.
Rajapaksa visited the Ambassador for Palestine in Sri Lanka to offer his condolences over the death of civilians in Gaza
UNHRC has already adopted resolution to collect, consolidate, analyse and preserve” war crime evidence
Sri Lanka is asking the United Nations to pursue a policy of respect for “the sovereign equality of States, respect fo...
Renowned Political Scientist Professor Emeritus Jayadeva Uyangoda finds the proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution ...
The authorities are warning the public not to relax their guard against the Covid 19 virus saying the risk of infection ...
The Free Media Movement (FMM) is expressing deep concern about the impending threat to the freedom of expression by the ...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the main initiator of the controversial 20th Amendment to the Constitution which is now ...
The formulation of the draft 20th Amendment and its unanimous acceptance by the cabinet is indicative of President Gotab...
International groups are expressing concern that the operating environment for civil society and human rights groups in ...
A school principal has been given a suspended sentence after being found guilty of cruelty against a 12-year-old student...
A nine-member committee appointed by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to study the various opinions that have been expre...
Inmates at the Bossa prison have called off a four-day-long hunger strike launched last week over a number of demands.
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The body of a 31-year old Sri Lankan maid who has allegedly been tortured to death in Kuwait is to be repatriated to Sri...
Parliamentarian Imthiaz Bakeer Markar is proposing that the government prioritize the return of more than 50,000 Sri Lan...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is saying neither he nor Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa exerted undue influence on the Co...
A prominent governing party State Minister’s brother is connected to the unlawful clearing of a section of the protect...
A panel discussion hosted by the think tank Advocata has highlighted myriad issues that prevent more women from entering...
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