Presence of Buddhist monks at Kachchativu catholic feast questioned
Six Buddhist monks were seen at the annual feast of St. Anthony’s Church in Kachchativu.
Six Buddhist monks were seen at the annual feast of St. Anthony’s Church in Kachchativu.
A Tamil man from Trincomalee banished by India has been arrested upon his return at the Katunayake airport.
The SLFP has appointed Sarath Ekanayake, a former central province chief minister, as acting general secretary of the party.
Expatriate Sri Lankans in Victoria, Australia staged a protest yesterday (05) to demand local government elections take place back home.
COPE has found 32 state-owned entities to be the worst corrupt loss-makers out of a total of 420 institutions, said MP Gamini Waleboda.
The National People's Power (NPP) will profit from a further postponement of the local government polls as the party has the highest acceptance among the voters, said its leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Supreme Court has treated the president in kind after he threatened people’s representatives to “shut up and sit down,” said opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.
Sri Lankan foreign minister Ali Sabry has said that his government plans to work more closely with India to bolster economic recovery, including a proposal for payments in national currencies.
Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed met with his Indian counterpart Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on the side-lines of the World Sustainable Development Summit held in New Delhi, India last week.
Police have been accused of torturing a Tamil writer to force a confession out of him as he was kept more than 16 years in detention under the PTA.