Seven Senior DIGs given immediate transfers
Seven senior DIGs have been transferred with immediate effect on a recommendation by the secretary to the public security ministry with covering approval by the Police Commission.
Seven senior DIGs have been transferred with immediate effect on a recommendation by the secretary to the public security ministry with covering approval by the Police Commission.
Noting that the school education system in Sri Lanka should be revised and improved, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that with 13 years of education, the country needs to strive towards a more successful education system like that of America, where regular and advanced level exams are not held but rather the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and school report are considered.
The final report by a presidential commission that inquired into the Easter Sunday terror attacks has been given to the Catholic Bishops Conference, said public security minister Tiran Alles.
Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and High Commissioner of India Gopal Baglay issued a special commemorative cover for Sita temple (Seetha Eliya) in Nuwara Eliya at a special event on Sunday (23).
The Federation of University Teachers' Association (FUTA) will meet later today (25) to finalize a decision on the delayed GCE advanced level examination answer scripts evaluation.
The presentation of the draft anti-terrorism act in parliament will be delayed by several weeks, said justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.
Sri Lanka’s international obligations do not prevent the filing of the case to seek compensation from the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster in a local court, said the Centre for Environment and Nature Studies (CENS).
Several parties in the opposition yesterday (24) agreed to function as a collective force against arbitrary and anti-democratic acts by the government.
Leading Tamil diaspora organisations have extended their full support for the general strike (hartal) taking place in the North & East of Sri Lanka on Tuesday (25).
Prominent child rights advocate Dr. Tush Wickramanayaka from the Stop Child Cruelty Trust, accused SLPP political activists and politically aligned organisations of exploiting children to spread a false and dangerous narrative against LGBT people to mislead the public for their own political agendas.