Upcountry Tamils protest against govt. over denied rights
Upcountry Tamils have registered their protests with the government for its failure to ensure their basic rights.
Upcountry Tamils have registered their protests with the government for its failure to ensure their basic rights.
Malnutrition among children is on the increase, but in another instance of ignoring their plight, the government has ordered state-run schools to pay their bills for water, a basic requirement, alleges the Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU).
A two-day House debate starts today (20) on the draft 22nd amendment to the constitution amidst divisions even within parties on its content.
Yesterday (19) marked 22 years since the killing of journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam in Jaffna.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today (19) the government is ready to implement prudent economic management after successful debt restructuring.
Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been issued notice to appear before the Supreme Court on December 15 in connection with the enforced disappearance of two human rights activists 11 years ago.
President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Saliya Pieris has said that freedom of speech is a right and it can be restricted by the law only.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has ruled out dissolving parliament prematurely.
With the government prioritizing the production of medicines locally, foreign investors now have the opening for related ventures in Sri Lanka, said health minister Keheliya Rambukwella.
Society is presently having a ceasefire-like calm with an eruption very near at hand, warned leader of the 43 Brigade Patali Champika Ranawaka.