Half of women suffer from period poverty - Sajith
Period poverty would have had a more reasonable solution had health been made a basic right in the constitution, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.
Period poverty would have had a more reasonable solution had health been made a basic right in the constitution, said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.
The United National Party's (UNP) stand is different to the call by its general secretary Palitha Range Bandara that both the president and the current parliament should get their terms extended by two years, said UNP leader for Colombo Ravi Karunanayake.
Tamils in the north have strongly objected to a leading footwear manufacturer for having used a design with their national flower.
The International Human Rights Global Mission organized a peace conference at the BMICH in Colombo recently.
The National People’s Power (NPP) has filed a fundamental rights petition before the Supreme Court requesting that the President’s Secretary and a group be issued orders not to approve the implementation of projects that are advantageous to the political parties of the ruling party during the upcoming elections and to act by the letter issued by the Election Commission in this regard.
Dr. Sarath Amunugama, a former minister, has tendered his resignation as chairman of the Mawbima Janatha Party (MJP) led by Dilith Jayaweera.
Leader of the National People's Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake says he would not allow a postponement of elections.
Minister Prasanna Ranatunga says protesting civil society activists want to create anarchy in the country.
SLPP national organizer Namal Rajapaksa says postponing elections is not healthy for any democracy.
The United National Party (UNP) has proposed to postpone Sri Lanka’s two upcoming elections by at least two years.