The number of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs in the parliamentary opposition has dwindled further following today’s (08) swearing-in of six party MPs as state ministers.
Twelve Tamil political prisoners launched a hunger strike at Colombo’s Magazine Prison on September 06, says Journalists for Democracy – Sri Lanka.
Senior actress Damitha Abeyratne has been arrested by a special police team following a protest at Diyatha Uyana in Battaramulla yesterday (07).
Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera has filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court against a tender awarded to a foreign firm to supply coal to Lakvijaya thermal power plant.
People are not to be blamed for thieves and thugs getting elected to parliament, said former state minister Ranjan Ramanayake.
A leading female activist in Batticaloa for the Tamil National Alliance, Kandiah Kalaivani, has been summoned to be present at the TID for the third time on September 12.
The Central Bank governor has violated the constitution and lied to parliament, charges former CBSL deputy governor P. Samarasiri.
Several police teams are investigating to arrest the persons behind a wave of killings in the South, said senior DIG in charge of the province Ajith Rohana.
Five teenage boys have been made to kneel down and later handed over to the police after they were found to be uninvited guests eating at a wedding a Weligama town hall.
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association has issued a statement of support for the Bar Association of Sri Lanka in upholding the rule of law and opposing the misuse of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 1979.
