The Government must take immediate measures to reveal the controversial agreement relating to Sri Lanka’s energy sector signed with New Fortress Energy Inc. in order to protect the dignity of the government and retain public trust, the Chairman of the National Movement for Social Justice and former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said.

Sri Lanka has a robust legal framework to tackle contemporary forms of slavery and been making progress in other areas, such  as increasing minimum age of employment from 14 to16 and the establishment of a child-labour free zone.

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake today tabled a copy of the Yugadanavi agreement between the Government of Sri Lanka and US-based New Fortress Energy Inc.

United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said a further deterioration in the country’s economy will happen next year as the government has put the country and its people in a serious debt trap.

Participants in the “One Country, One Law” Presidential Task Force’s (PTF) public consultation held at one of the divisional secretariats (DSs) in the Eastern Province alleged that the discussion was held predominantly in Sinhala, with no proper translators or language interpreters, which severely limited the accessibility of the public consultation.

After a lapse of nearly 18 months, the Attorney General's Department today (09) has finally informed the courts that it had no objection to granting bail to Muslim poet Ahnaf Jazeem who was imprisoned under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.

Despite leaders of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) claiming that its national list MP Diana Gamage has been expelled from the party, the Election Commission maintains that she continues to be the Deputy Secretary of the SJB led by Sajith Premadasa.

A group of human rights activists have submitted a request to the Attorney General's Department seeking information pretaining to all detainees being held under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha de Silva has said that by January, the government will only be left with USD 140 million after repaying the foreign debt owed.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has questioned the reason for the Finance Minister’s sudden visit to India during the budget proceedings.