Sri Lanka claimed their sixth gold medal at the Asian Netball Championships, winning the latest edition against the hosts Singapore, while also booking their spot at the 2023 Netball World Cup.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe who arrived at the British High Commission met British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Sarah Hulton and extended his condolences over the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Namal Rajapaksa has declined to accept a ministerial portfolio for the present, saying that he is already occupied with the SLPP’s national organiser responsibilities on a temporary basis.
Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife last night (10) made their first public appearance since their return to the country when they paid an unannounced visit to Gangarama Temple in Hunupitiya.
Visiting USAID administrator Samantha Power will meet leaders of political parties in the opposition in a high-profile discussion at Waters Edge at Battaramulla this afternoon (11), political sources say.
The Sinhalese are experiencing the brutality of the Prevention of Terrorism Act under the presidency of Ranil Wickremesinghe after the same act has been crushing down the Tamils for decades, says the National Centre for Freedom for Prisoners.
The 43 Brigade has joined a meeting of political parties and civil society organizations convened by the Inter-University Students Federation to collect signatures for a statement against state repression.
Lahiru Weerasekara, the national organiser of ‘Youth for Change’, has been granted bail.
Unbeaten Sri Lanka has advanced to the final of the Asian Netball Championship 2022 in Singapore.
An investigation board has found serious shortcomings on the part of the military, police and the state intelligence with regard to the violent incidents that took place in late March and in May, the "Aruna' newspaper reported.
