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Former MP Duminda Silva who was sentenced to death has been released on special presidential pardon, prison spokesman Chandana Ekanayake said. He was released today (24) on the occasion of Poson Poya. The Presidential Commission…
The European Union (EU) has offered tens of millions of dollars in aid to people affected by a toxic shipwreck off the coast of Sri Lanka. While the Express Pearl was transporting toxic chemicals and…
Why has the swearing in of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as a UNP National List MP caused so much perturbation in Sri Lankan politics? Policy politics and optimal diplomacy are still outside the realm…
Sri Lankan plantation workers have been struggling for 60 years demanding civil rights, MP M. Thilakaraj said. The estate people of this country have dedicated their lives for 60 years to obtain the citizenship of…
In her human rights update to the ongoing 47 session of UNHRC, Human Rights HiGh Commissioner Michelle Bachelet raised number of concerns on Sri Lanka: “In Sri Lanka, I am concerned by further Government measures perceived…
On the universal day for torture victims, this year, a book will be launched by The Right to Life organization working in collaboration with the AHRC on a long standing case, which is continuing in…
Former Minister Patali Champaka says that the government is operating in a manner that does not have a brain or a heart. He pointed out that children of the country lost equality in education which…
It is an obvious point, which increasing fuel prices in middle of this Covid epidemic is an unbearable burden for the people of the country. Due to this fuel price increasing there is a cold…
Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera, Minister of Public Security says that the President decided to introduce organic fertilizer for use because he loves the country, not because as a strategy to face election ahead. He said…
Dr. Sudath Samaraweera, Director of Epidemiology Unit under Ministry of Health has been transferred as the Director of the Dengue Control Unit with immediate effect today. His transfer was influenced by the committee headed by…
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