Kilinochchi school continues to undergo police harassment
Teachers and students of a school in Kilinochchi continue to experience police harassment over a matter of the shape of a stall at the inter-house sports meet held five months ago.
Teachers and students of a school in Kilinochchi continue to experience police harassment over a matter of the shape of a stall at the inter-house sports meet held five months ago.
The Election Commission said that the Supreme Court ruling regarding the postponement of the Local Government Elections will not affect the holding of the upcoming Presidential Election, which will proceed as planned.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs Sarathi Dushmantha and Angajan Ramanathan have expressed their support for incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe in the upcoming Presidential Election.
A UN Human Rights Office report issued yesterday (22) identified renewed threats to fundamental freedoms in Sri Lanka, evidenced by new or proposed regressive laws, erosion of democratic checks and balances, ongoing threats and intimidation against civil society and journalists, and recurrence of serious human rights violations of the past.
While acknowledging that postponing the Local Government elections is a violation of the citizens' basic rights, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said he does not regret this decision.
The presidential candidate of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, entrepreneur Dilith Jayaweera has voiced his strong disapproval to the government’s plan to sell shares of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), calling it a ‘significant mistake’.
Sri Lanka’s Nandalal Weerasinghe is among the Central Bankers earning an A grade in the Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards 2024, according to gfmag.com.
The Presidential Candidate of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Namal Rajapaksa asserts that police and land powers will not be devolved to the Provincial Councils under his governance.
Chairman of the Expert Committee on Public Service Salary Disparities, Udaya R. Seneviratne said that the basic salary of public service employees will be increased by a minimum of 24% for primary-level service categories.