IUSF convener Wasantha Mudalige remains in detention while the president annulled an order for a 90-day detention of a fellow activist under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Appointing a government member as head of the parliamentary Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) is like auditing the transactions of those who commit theft and fraud by themselves, said SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne.
Dr. Harsha de Silva says he is happy to take the side of the people as chairman of the parliamentary Committee on Public Finance (COPF) although swindlers of public money become hurt due to his actions.
The president has annulled an order for a 90-day detention of a student activist under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
A quarry owner from Bibile is allegedly involved in gem-mining in the Galoya national park, alleges the Centre for Environmental and Nature Studies(CENS).
French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experience of class and gender, has been announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.
A collective of national organizations has appreciated the Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) stand with regard to the 22nd amendment to the constitution, said the opposition leader’s media unit.
Sri Lanka has neither imported nor received donations of questionable Indian cough and cold syrups, against which the World Health Organization has issued an alert, said health minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed to expedite a programme to provide welfare benefits to 3.1 million low-income families.
A new resolution titled promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka was adopted today, was adopted by majority vote yesterday (06) at the 51st regular session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.
