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Calls for Hizbullah's release on bail have been growing internationally.
Sri Lanka likely to face strong criticism over its human rights situation, diplomats say
"We highlight the importance of responsible, balanced and impartial reporting."
Buddhist monk Kalupahana Piyarathana Thero was also appointed a member
In August 2022, the Human Rights Watch called for amendments to the ICCPR Act.
Sri Lankan Army is accused of war crimes in the final phase of 26-year war
Co-Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said 9,580 Sri Lankans from 38 countries who wanted to return has been brought ...
A Bombayite is a guest of the Sri Lankan government, not in the sense of an incarcerated person or an invited personage....
The Prisons Department is carrying out the directive of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to eliminate corruption and prevent...
Colombo’s Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday June 16 ordered the Government Analyst to examine a laptop belong...
A Colombo Magistrate has issued warrants for the arrest of the Directors of Edirisinghe Trust Investments Finance Ltd., ...
High-profile Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has been found guilty of libel in the Philippines' in a case seen as a te...
Continued harassment of Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority could prove detrimental to the country, global human rights watch-...
A Kuwait returnee who was declared COVID 19 positive and treated and released from hospital is showing signs of the dise...
Sri Lanka’s total number of people diagnosed with COVID 19 nudged closer to the two-thousand mark last night as more r...
Elections Commission officials are praising former President Maithripala Sirisena for calling off an event he was the ch...
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The Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) is saying that the government is delaying the repatriation of Sri Lankans ab...
Civil Society organisations are expressing grave concern regarding the establishment of a spate of Presidential Task For...
In Sri Lankan political terms Mangala Samaraweera has done the unthinkable. After being a major player in the break- up ...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Cabinet of Ministers are joining a host of others in expressing their disapproval o...
The government is saying it has had to delay the process of repatriating Sri Lankans abroad because the capacity of the ...
There is a chorus of condemnation of the way Police yesterday broke up and arrested activists protesting against racial ...
The United National Party is raising concerns over the appointment of the Presidential Task Force to build a “Secure C...
Police have arrested dozens of people who tried to stage a demonstration near the United States embassy in Colombo in sy...
Most residents of the town of Minuwangoda remember the night of May 13, 2019 vividly as that was when mobs rampaged thro...
Sri Lanka is raising concern over a press release issued by the United Nations which alleged that the government has cla...
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