Chairman of the National Sports Council Arjuna Ranatunga has been ordered by the Civil Appellate High Court of Mount Lavinia to pay a compensation of Rs. 25 million to former president of Sri Lanka Cricket Thilanga Sumathipala.
A Tamil politician has called for the freeing of the military-occupied LTTE cemeteries in the northern and eastern provinces.
A basic blood test has been suspended at the country’s leading state hospital for women, the Castle Street Hospital in Borella, for want of reactants.
The government has decided to conduct raids across the island to nab human smugglers and enforce the law against them.
A call has been made for international mediation in the talks proposed by president Ranil Wickremesinghe with Tamil parties.
Budget 2023 proposes a Rs. 7,879 billion state expenditure, but conceals Treasury bill costs amounting to Rs. 3,800 billion, alleges MP Patali Champika Ranawaka.
The state sector workforce needs to be reduced by 600,000, says SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne.
CWC leader Senthil Thondaman met Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin on November 15 as an emissary of president Ranil Wickremesinghe.
A longtime Tamil human rights campaigner active in the south has assumed office as a member of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC).
Northern province governor Jeevan Thiagaraja has faced a strong public outcry when he spoke in support of military acquisition of private land in the province.
