Weeklong events began in the northern province yesterday (15) to remember a ‘lieutenant colonel’ in the LTTE, Rasiah Parthipan alias Thileepan, who died during a hunger strike 35 years ago.
The state sector accounts for 84 per cent of the state tax revenue, notes Colombo district leader of the UNP Ravi Karunanayake.
Learn lessons from the past and raise a voice not against fraud and corruption only, but against foolish political decisions too, MP Dr. Nalaka Godahewa has urged the people.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s interim budget has nothing to offer for the youths who were engaged in the anti-government struggle, said Prof. Rohan Samarajiva.
Only five remaining MPs of the SLFP will definitely refuse to join the government, according to its general secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara.
The private secretary to labour minister Manusha Nanayakkara is accused of threatening a labour leader and refusing to discuss a decision to change labour laws without consulting trade unions.
A majority of Sri Lankans - 72.5 per cent - say a person living life as a LGBT person should not be punished for their sexual identity.
It is 33 years today (15) since more than 150 men were slaughtered by the armed forces and the police in Kandy during the second JVP uprising.
The increase in the prices of sanitary napkins or pads has discouraged schoolgirls from attending school during their menstruation periods, says the Professional Forum of Physicians on Medical and Civil Rights.
Police have completely rejected reports circulating in social media that the daughter of politician Jeevan Kumaratunga has been caught with two kilos of Kush in Boralesgamuwa.
