At a time when Sri Lanka is grappling with a surging pandemic, it is the responsibility of all parties to work together as a nation to overcome any challenges, eliminating all forms of racial, religious and political divisions, the Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice (NMSJ) Karu Jayasuriya said.

The United National Party (UNP) is deeply concerned by the reports of the arrest of an individual allegedly involved in the recent honking of car horns at the vehicular convoy of a VIP.

Amnesty International has launched an online petition to exert pressure on the Sri Lanka government to drop charges against two civil society activists that were taken into custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) last year.

Facebook has partnered with the Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) of the Ministry of Health in Sri Lanka to announce a campaign to help people get vaccinated and increase vaccination intent as access to the COVID-19 vaccine expands in the country.

The people of Vanni staged a protest this morning (28) in front of the Vavuniya Kachcheri demanding the release of detained ACMC Leader Rishad Bathiudeen.

During the last two weeks, 43 students at 28 schools in the Galle District have been diagnosed with Covid-19, Galle District Regional Epidemiologist Venura K. Singarachchi said.

A court in Sri Lanka has allowed terror police to continue with the imprisonment of a Muslim poet who has been denied a hearing until he agrees to confess of being an 'ISIS activist'.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has decided to procure four Mi-171Sh Combat-Transport Helicopters immediately, it is learnt.

If there is anyone trying to sabotage my work within the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), they can immediately leave the party, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said.