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Human rights organizations, including political and civil society, have long called for a review of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. The Prevention of Terrorism Act, which was brought in as a temporary bill in the…
The Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has resigned. The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) says that Dr. Jagath Balasuriya resigned from his post last October. Commissioner of the Human…
The Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery will be temporarily closed from today (15) due to a shortage of crude oil. This is the first time in the history of the country that the Sapugaskanda oil refinery will…
A second autopsy on a Tamil youth from Batticaloa who was “beaten to death” Sri Lankan police, has reportedly revealed signs of torture according to lawyers for the murdered man’s family. 22-year old Chandran Vithusan…
The government has been accused of selling and leasing land in Sri Lanka to foreigners. Especially the lands in Colombo city and the lands in Jaffna were mentioned among them. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka News…
When the present government came to power, various political promises were made to the people. There was also a promise to pay allowances and payments to the disabled police and war heroes till death. But…
It has been rumored in the recent past that the Sri Lankan public service is at an unbearable level. The government has recently stated that most of the country's revenue is spent on public service…
Less than a month after the Minister of Mass Media and Information regretted the summoning of mainstream journalists in the South to the police, three journalists have been summoned to the CID for revealing to…
People in Mullaitivu staged a protest yesterday (11) demanding the government to bring down the prices of essential commodities which are rising unbearably. Protest marchers from Puthukudiyiruppu to the Pradeshiya Sabha, with the participation of…
The 76th Budget of the Parliament of Sri Lanka is due to be presented in Parliament today (12). This is the second budget of the government of Gotabhaya Rajapaksha, the seventh Executive President of the…
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