MP Gevindu Kumaratunga has raised concerns over the exclusion of the Sinhala language in the presentation of regulations relating to the law.
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has urged the government to support a resolution before the United Nations to end the economic blockade and the terrorism-listing of Cuba.
Eight LTTE convicts who were serving prison sentences have been granted a presidential pardon.
The term of the independent commissions ends with the adoption of the 21st amendment to the constitution, said justice and constitutional affairs minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.
Dual citizens no longer can hold parliamentary seats following the passage of the 22nd amendment to the constitution, says MP Patali Champika Ranawaka.
Several leading figures in the SLPP are in talks with the UNP to form a combined alliance that is expected to make its debut at the upcoming local government polls, ‘Deshaya’ newspaper reports.
The prevailing economic crisis has resulted in a loss of around 1.2 jobs in the construction industry.
These are some of the schoolchildren and young people killed in protests sweeping across Iran - the boldest challenge to the Islamic Republic since its establishment, in 1979.
A captain of the Army’s Special Forces died in a road mishap in Welikanda in the early hours or yesterday morning (22).
Sri Lankan youths now have the opportunity to pursue higher education at low costs and to secure jobs in their chosen fields, said managing director of Jeewa Education Institute Kolitha Fernando.
