President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is filling government with ex-top brass in the name of 'professionalizing' island-nation's politics.
by Salman Rafi Sheikh
Even at the height of the Sri...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday informed Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court that it had obtained a detention order from the Defence Ministry to interrogate...
Image: The issue of enforced disappearances has never been properly investigated in Sri Lanka.
President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is to appoint a new Commission of Inquiry...
A ‘slip of the tongue’ and a celluloid crusader’s unfortunate downfall
Confusion has been worse confounded in the public mind following the conviction this week...
Inmates protest on the roof a prison building calling for speedier judicial processes and increased protection amid rising cases of Covid-19, Colombo, Sri Lanka,...
Families of Tamil political prisoners, civil society organizations and civilians of North East Sri-Lanka launched a weeklong prayer campaign from 7th to 14th January...
The ICJ today deplored the comprehensive failure of the Sri Lankan authorities to ensure accountability for conflict-era crimes, marked by the dropping of charges...
The Attorney General’s Department (AG) has decided to drop the case against Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan in connection to the murder of former Parliamentarian...
Image: Harin Fernando.
Opposition law Harin Fernando In a letter to IGP C.D. Wickremeratne has requested immediate protection after president Rajapaksa made a remark that...
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In Sri Lanka families of Tamil political prisoners, civil society organizations, civilians, clergy, and Tamil politicians today (5th January 2021) jointly launched a campaign...
Image:Journalist Bismillah Adil Aimaq. Credit: The Bharat Express.
Bismillah Adil Aimaq, an Afghan journalist and human rights activist was killed by unidentified gunmen in Dara-e-Taimoor...
The government must heed the advice of eminent Sri Lankan medical professionals and enable burial of COVID-19 dead – civil society statement.
(4 January 2021)...
Image: Covid dead are being buried in NewYork' (Photo courtesy of AP tweeter)
The expert committee appointed by the Health Ministry to study the issue...
The National Movement for a Just Society, over the past few months, held regular press briefings to present various issues. By having regular briefings,...
“The dignity of the dead, their cultural and religious traditions, and their families should be respected and protected throughout.” —World Health Organization, Infection prevention...
Image caption: Sri Lanka’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was elected last year on a wave of anti-Muslim sentiment. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock/TG.
The country insists all people who...
By Nicolás Misculin
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s Senate voted on Wednesday to legalize abortion, a first for a big country in Latin America and a...
Image: Chinese influence in Sri Lanka could be seen even on signboards!
US President signed coronavirus relief Bill which also provides some foreign aid
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The Inter-Religious Committee of the Amarapura and Ramanna Nikayas has written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to convene an urgent meeting of medical and virology...
While appreciating Sri Lanka’s relative success with the management of COVID-19, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF) would like to express its strong condemnation of...
Tamil nationalistic politics which have been overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic and related politics seems #to be gaining momentum with the next session of...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is filling government with ex-top brass in the name of 'professionalizing' island-nation's politics.
by Salman Rafi Sheikh
Even at the height of the Sri...
Caroon by Avantha Artigala.
Militarisation of civilian space began during the first Rajapaksa regime. Yet, it didn’t cause public concern, except amongst certain civil society...
