Student leader given bail over protest
A student activist remanded for leading a protest has been released on bail, says Journalists for Democracy – Sri Lanka.
A student activist remanded for leading a protest has been released on bail, says Journalists for Democracy – Sri Lanka.
A check of USD 500,000 (Rs. 180 million) was handed over to President Ranil Wickremesinghe by Sri Lanka Cricket for the purchase of medicines for the Maharagama Apeksha Hospital.
President Ranil Wickeremesinghe has said that the police crackdown on protestors was intended to restore order after months of turmoil.
Are you happy that Vasu was rebuked so badly that he had to get up and leave?
All the political gimmicks will be over in two years as a vast majority of members of the police and the armed forces are supportive of the anti-government struggle, said Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka.
An outbreak of dangerous infectious diseases is imminent due to clinical waste not being disposed of properly, warns the association of health professionals.
A remembrance event took place in Mullaitivu on September 15 for 24 civilians who were killed in an Air Force bombing 23 years ago.
Two more civil society activists involved in the anti-government struggle have been summoned to appear before the police, according to Journalists for Democracy – Sri Lanka.
A parallel hunger strike took place in Batticaloa yesterday (16) in a show of support of the 13 fasting Tamil prisoners at Magazine Prison in Colombo.
A leading Tamil lawyer warns of a government plan to bring in the Prevention of Terrorism Act under the guise of a different name.