A boy in Mullaitivu has been barred from sitting for the grade five scholarship examination after he failed to attend school for two months due to ill health
President Ranil Wickremesinghe underscored his desire for a resurgence of cricket in the country, linking its revival to the broader economic recovery.
A new judge bench of the Appeals Court has been appointed for the consideration of the motion filed by Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe challenging the stay order on the recently-formed Interim Committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
The Supreme Court today held that several respondents including former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal are responsible for mishandling economic crisis in the country.
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) held its November heroes function for the 34th year at Kalutara Town Hall on 13 November.
Time has come now more than ever to embrace November heroes in our hearts, said leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday (13).
Amidst the recent dispute between President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe over the appointment of an interim committee for Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the Cabinet has decided that any future interim committee appointments for SLC must receive Cabinet approval.
Sri Lankan authorities must immediately drop any investigation into freelance Tamil journalists Punniyamoorthy Sasikaran and Valasingham Krishnakumar in retaliation for their reporting and allow them to work without interference, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
A cabinet subcommittee yesterday (13) summoned Sri Lanka Cricket president Shammi Silva to the Presidential Secretariat for a meeting.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Chaminda Wijesiri has been accused of leveling false and malicious accusations against assistant secretary general of parliament Hansa Abeyratne.
