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Sri Lanka's Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith discusses Easter bombings probe with Pope

The need for international aid in bringing justice for the victims was also to be addressed, the statement said.

March 1, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka confident of no immediate withdrawal of EU's GSP+: Foreign Secretary

"We are confident that we will have the GSP plus for a while. But it does not mean that we should take it lightly."

February 25, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka foreign minister briefs Delhi-based missions ahead of UNHRC session 

"Sri Lanka has undertaken substantial steps with a view to accountability, restorative justice and reconciliation."

February 23, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka panel recommends granting permission to relatives to commemorate war dead

The latest report has also recommended the immediate investigation of the findings of the Paranagama Commission.

February 22, 2022 3 min read
Indian Marxists school on Gandhi

Disillusioned With Communism, Asoka Mehta and Narendra Deva Converge on Gandhian Socialism

Sri Lanka's bill to decriminalize homosexuality faces dissent from religious, civil rights groups

Petitioners against the bill have claimed that homosexuality is against the nature

Be mindful of stark reality, Sri Lanka requests UN special rapporteur

Sri Lanka has requested the United Nations Special Rapporteur to be mindful of the “stark reality” of “looming sop...

July 13, 2020 3 min read

Director-General Information calls for investigation into the man-handling of media man by Inspector...

The Director-General Information of the government Nalaka Kaluwewa has lodged a complaint to the Chief of Police against...

July 11, 2020 2 min read

Chief Elections Commissioner warns of “grave danger” of COVID 19 spread at crowded rallies

Sri Lanka’s Chief Elections Commissioner is warning that because people attending the political rallies are not follow...

July 10, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka may find more COVID 19 cases at virus struck rehabilitation centre – Army Chief

Sri Lankan authorities are doing their best to prevent an outbreak of COVID 19 in a drug rehabilitation centre from spre...

Arjuna Ranawana
July 10, 2020 3 min read

New COVID 19 Cluster may be emerging at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre in Polonnaruwa

Sri Lanka may be seeing the possibility of a new cluster of COVID 19 infected persons emerging after 56 inmates and staf...

Arjuna Ranawana
July 9, 2020 3 min read

How a Prison inmate became infected with COVID 19 is still a mystery - officials

Officials are still trying to figure out how an inmate at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Centre for addicts was infected w...

July 8, 2020 1 min read

Basil asks voters to give the SLPP a two-thirds majority in Parliament

Basil Rajapaksa is asking Sri Lankans to give the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) a two-thirds majority in the new Pa...

July 8, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections : Candidates from the same party fight each other

Sri Lanka’s electoral system and its method of choosing the final winning candidates through the preferential system l...

Arjuna Ranawana
July 6, 2020 3 min read

Magistrate orders police probe into how in-camera evidence by children was reported by media

The Fort Magistrate has ordered an investigation as to how evidence given to him in-camera by two children last week mad...

July 1, 2020 2 min read

SLPP cannot tear up the MCC deal as it is already signed - former MP Chanaka

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna is saying that that it is not easy to rip apart the Millennium Challenge Compact agreeme...

July 1, 2020 2 min read
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Sri Lanka needs to rethink how it should train and manage migrant workers – Foreign Secretary

The COVID 19 induced crisis in migrant labour should prompt a re-think in how Sri Lanka should train and manage its over...

July 1, 2020 3 min read

Bar Association deafeningly silent on lawyer intimidation: Ruki Fernando

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has been deafeningly silent on the alleged intimidation and harassment faced by ...

July 1, 2020 8 min read

GMOA calls for increased testing to confirm that there is no community transmission of COVID 19

The Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) is calling on the government to increase random testing for COVID 19 ...

June 30, 2020 1 min read

Watchdogs call for a clean poll but expect the Media to fight dirty like last year

The Presidential Election of 2019 was the poll where Social Media played a major role and widespread unethical conduct w...

Arjuna Ranawana
June 29, 2020 5 min read

Moragoda wants the 13th Amendment repealed to abolish “dysfunctional, expensive” Provincial Coun...

Former Cabinet Minister Milinda Moragoda, is calling for the abolishing of the Provincial Councils which he says are �...

June 29, 2020 2 min read

US State Department debunks two findings reported by Presidential Committee on MCC

The United States State Department has quickly contradicted key findings announced by the Presidential Committee which e...

June 26, 2020 3 min read

Re-opening date for tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka not yet confirmed – Admiral Jayanath Colombage

A senior official in the Presidential Secretariat, Admiral Jayanath Colombage (Rtd.) says the date to reopen the Katunay...

Imesh Ranasinghe
June 26, 2020 3 min read

Controversial Millennium Challenge deal to be made public – Presidential Secretariat

The former government signed two agreements connected to the Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) and was granted USD10 mi...

June 26, 2020 3 min read

Outsourced content moderation on Facebook, etc, may have led to offline violence in Sri Lanka - NYU ...

The largely outsourced content moderation efforts by social media giants such as Facebook coupled with a distinct lack o...

Himal Kotelawala
June 25, 2020 6 min read

Up to a hundred can now gather at Temples, Churches and Mosques as the rules are further relaxed

With the government increasingly confident that there is no community spread of the COVD 19 virus, the Health Authoritie...

June 25, 2020 2 min read