Ganeshan calls for no involvement of religions in politics
Recent incidents involving Buddhist monks point to the need that Sri Lanka should be a secular state, Tamil Progressive Alliance leader Mano Ganeshan.
Recent incidents involving Buddhist monks point to the need that Sri Lanka should be a secular state, Tamil Progressive Alliance leader Mano Ganeshan.
An academic has warned that Sri Lanka could face a big issue due to the loss of its young population in the near future to brain drain.
At least 13 passengers have died and 81 others sustained injuries in three separate road accidents, police said.
C.D. Wickramaratne has been given a second extension to function as the police chief for another three months.
A group of youths involved in the ‘Aragalaya’ has called for a new social consensus on reforms to prevent a defeat for the people’s victory gained a year ago.
The National Institute of Education has a new director general in Prof. Prasad Sethunga.
Police are investigating a video in circulation in social media of an incident in which a man is seen immersing a small boy about two years of age in a water basin and torturing him.
Several more taxes are to be introduced in order to boost state revenue, said government sources.
President Ranil Wickrmesinghe and public security minister Tiran Alles meet this afternoon (09) to finalize a decision on the post of police chief that remains vacant for 14 days now, said a spokesman for the Presidential Secretariat.
The Tax Appeals Commission will be annulled due to an inefficient tax appealing process, said justice minister Wijayadasa Rajapakshe.