Eruption near at hand of ceasefire-like calm, Patali warns
Society is presently having a ceasefire-like calm with an eruption very near at hand, warned leader of the 43 Brigade Patali Champika Ranawaka.
Society is presently having a ceasefire-like calm with an eruption very near at hand, warned leader of the 43 Brigade Patali Champika Ranawaka.
Chief incumbent of Atamasthana, Most Ven. Dr. Pallegama Siriniwasa Nayaka Thera passed away early this morning (19), aged 69 years.
Seven university students got arrested as the police dispersed a protest march by the IUSF against state repression in front of the Kelaniya University yesterday afternoon (18).
Police have been ordered to inform courts about a date for the resumption of investigations into the country’s biggest mass grave in Mannar.
Parliament will debate the proposed 22nd amendment to the constitution in its current form on October 20 and 21, said justice minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.
A Tamil politician charges that four state agencies are functioning under the influence of Sinhala Buddhist groups and are outside the control of the political authority.
President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka Saliya Pieris says the police should understand the right to freedom of expression as an important feature in a developed democracy, without dispersing peaceful protests.
Professor of pharmacology at the University of Rajarata, Anuradhapura district parliamentarian Channa Jayasumana, is one of the 38 Sri Lankan scientists ranked among world’s top 2% scientists in 2021.
(Following is the English translation of a clarification in Sinhala sent to us via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by a group of senior officials of the Power and Energy Ministry on condition of anonymity.)
SJB parliamentarian Dr. Harsha de Silva has resigned from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). He will however continue to serve as the chair of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF).