'Black Sunday' protest declared by the Sri Lankan Roman Catholic Church began nationwide on Sunday (07) to demand justice for the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks that killed more than 260 people.
During his first remarks in Iraq, Pope Francis said that the name of God can never be used “to justify acts of murder, exile, terrorism and oppression,” and that minorities cannot be treated as second class citizens.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has rejected the allegations levelled by politicians of the former good governance government regarding the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks.
Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa who had arrived at the Bandaranaike International Airport to depart to Dubai today morning (07), had been held up at the airport by immigration officials.
Business magnate and CEO of the Brandix Group, Ashroff Omar, has resigned from the Board of Directors of Sri Lankan Airlines citing personal reasons.
A long term hunger strike has begun in the North to pressure the global community to take the Sri Lankan government before the International Criminal Court.
The Secretary to the State Ministry of Primary Health Services, Pandemics and COVID-19 Prevention, Dr. Amal Harsha de Silva, has been removed from the post with immediate effect.
