Protests to pressurize govt. over children’s plight
A campaign of protests is underway to pressurize the government to pay attention to the plight of schoolchildren affected by worsening economic woes.
A campaign of protests is underway to pressurize the government to pay attention to the plight of schoolchildren affected by worsening economic woes.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says a referendum will decide on the parliamentary election system if a proposed select committee fails to reach consensus by July next year.
The import tax exemption on raw materials for the local production of sanitary napkins came into force with effect from October 07.
Today (09) marks the 77th birthday of the late politician-actor Wijaya Kumaranatunga.
Another young activist in the recent anti-government protests has been briefly detained following his arrest on October 08.
SJB MP S.M. Marikkar says the adoption of a new resolution at the UN Human Rights Council is one of the worst defeats in Sri Lanka’s history.
The CID has informed courts that politicians are among the investors in a financial institution at World Trade Centre in Colombo run by a woman under investigation.
SLPP national list MP Gevindu Kumaratunga questions if the incumbent president and the prime minister have fallen prey to the shameless politics of his own party.
A protest by Buddhist temples against an unprecedented increase in electricity charges has been backed by the catholic church.
Sri Lanka is presently among the ten countries with the rates of worst malnutrition among 200 countries and over 20% of the children under five years are severely malnourished, former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said.