Senior journalist Mandana's mother passes away
Ajantha Nilmini de Silva, the mother of renowned journalist and Editor-in-Chief of ‘The Sunday Morning’ newspaper Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema, has passed away.
Ajantha Nilmini de Silva, the mother of renowned journalist and Editor-in-Chief of ‘The Sunday Morning’ newspaper Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema, has passed away.
Tomorrow (24) marks one year since the nation lost Mangala Samaraweera.
Accusing exiled ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Tamil genocide, a group of women in the north and the east has decided to ask the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to produce him before the international war crimes tribunal.
The national organiser of the Socialist Students’ Union, the students’ arm of the JVP, has been taken into custody.
More than 140,000 Sri Lankans have left the island for foreign employment so far this year, said the Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Ministry.
Law enforcement authorities are investigating to determine if convener of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige had conspired to topple the state.
Reformist MP of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Dr. Nalaka Godahewa blames the wrong economic management by three recent successive regimes for the present-day sufferings of the people.
Stressing that no one would be fed free of charge or paid without a purpose, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told public servants yesterday (21) to leave the service immediately if they cannot perform their duties properly.
As much as USD 6 million had been swindled in the guise of the premium from crude importations so far this year, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka alleges.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has rejected a request by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna to grant it a high number of ministerial positions in a proposed all-party or national government, political sources say.