by D.B.S. Jeyaraj Gnanasundaram Kuhanathan, News Editor of Tamil Daily”Uthayan” was attacked with iron rods in Jaffna by 2 thugs suspected to be from...
by UN News CentreThe United Nations human rights office today called for the swift investigation and prosecution of the killers of a prominent human...
Mano Ganesan tells Mahinda DeshapriyaEnthusiasm shown by your department in removing the names of those who left the country in Jaffna district is not...
Northern province director of education Vigneswaran has been sent on compulsory leave.He has been told by the provincial education secretary Ilangovan yesterday (July 27)...
Sri Lanka is to remove controversial emergency laws by the end of this year, Xinhua news agency reported quoting a minister as saying Thursday.Media...
Yoshitha Rajapaksa’s Carlton Sports Network (CSN) is fixing transmitters on the Sri Lanka Navy’s transmission tower at Piduruthalagala inorder to broadcast the matches between...
By Ifham NizamWildlife Conservation Director General Dr. Chandrawansa Pathiraja was removed from his post yesterday by Wildlife and Agrarian Services Minister S. M. Chandrasena.The...
by Dayan JayatillekaThe TNA’s Northern success, running against the ruling coalition in an area with a heavy military ‘footprint’ means one thing above all...
by Harshi C. PereraAll Magistrates in Sri Lanka are legally empowered to visit and inspect the conditions of pretrial detainees in prisons. This measure...
By Indika Sri Aravinda The powers vested with the Elections Commissioner have been slashed by the 18th Amendment and powers to issue directives have been...
Elections in the Northern Peninsula did not meet the international standards due to certain disturbing malpractices and intimidations that took place in the Killinochchi...
By Kelum BandaraSaturday’s local council elections saw the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) winning the local councils in the south while the main...
All corrupt politicians and officials will be prosecuted by a future UNP government, the party’s Deputy Leader Karu Jayasuriya said in a statement issued...
The governing United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has secured a comfortable win at the second phase of the Local Government Election 2011 wining a...
Men in uniform accused of participating in polls, according to monitors By Saradha Mohan Kumar The first Local Government (LG) elections in the Northern...
The poll monitoring body of the Intellectuals for Human Rights has asked the elections commissioner to annul elections held to the Karachchiya Pradeshiya Sabha...
One Killed in Anuradhapura, UNP Mayoral Candidate Assaulted in Nuwera Eliya, Illegal Propaganda Continues Hours before commencement of polling on Election Day, a...
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has expressed deep concern regarding the government's decision to regulate fake news on social media.
Issuing a statement...
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Puyumi Fornseka.
During the first five months of this year, more than 1,200 women dialed the 24-hour hotline: 1938 seeking...
The European Union enjoys and values the broad and multifaceted relationship it has developed with Sri Lanka over the past decades. The European Union’s...
