The 152nd Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 02, 2021, a day which is also celebrated as the United Nations International Day of Non-Violence, was commemorated by the Param Dhamma Chaitya Pirivena, Ratmanala in association with the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Colombo.
Tamil political prisoners who had received death threats from a State Minister have sought relief from the Supreme Court to transfer them out from the Anuradhapura Prison to safeguard their lives.
Nearly 800,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrived in Sri Lanka this week to continue the fight against COVID-19, a gift from the American people.
The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) has voiced their opposition against the new guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health for fully vaccinated local and foreign air travellers arriving in the country.
It has been revealed that a Tamil man from Trincomalee who was abducted by an armed group who had forcibly entered his house is now in custody of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD).
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says that the GSP+ tax concession that gave Sri Lanka a favorable position to sell goods in the European market is already at risk.
Health trade unions say the government’s decision to allow fully vaccinated local and foreign travellers into the country based on PCR test results done prior to their departure in the country of origin and not testing them on arrival is dangerous and harmful.
Every character who believes that he has a political vision and a role to play for the country, will ultimately win or lose, not in the power he gained but in front of his conscience.
A leading press freedom organisation has raised concerns regarding the future of citizens’ access to information.
