Five SLFP MPs will not join govt. - Dayasiri
Only five remaining MPs of the SLFP will definitely refuse to join the government, according to its general secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara.
Only five remaining MPs of the SLFP will definitely refuse to join the government, according to its general secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara.
The private secretary to labour minister Manusha Nanayakkara is accused of threatening a labour leader and refusing to discuss a decision to change labour laws without consulting trade unions.
A majority of Sri Lankans - 72.5 per cent - say a person living life as a LGBT person should not be punished for their sexual identity.
It is 33 years today (15) since more than 150 men were slaughtered by the armed forces and the police in Kandy during the second JVP uprising.
The increase in the prices of sanitary napkins or pads has discouraged schoolgirls from attending school during their menstruation periods, says the Professional Forum of Physicians on Medical and Civil Rights.
Police have completely rejected reports circulating in social media that the daughter of politician Jeevan Kumaratunga has been caught with two kilos of Kush in Boralesgamuwa.
Eight Tamil diaspora organisations welcomed the High Commissioner’s report on human rights in Sri Lanka ahead of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and called on member states to pass a strong resolution on Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will initiate legal action against eight of its members after they accepted ministerial portfolios in the government in violation of a decision by the party, its leader Maithripala Sirisena has decided.
Ravi Karunanayake, a former finance minister, has called for a united effort to end the 25-odd years of politics that has sent the country begging from the outside world.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has written to his counterpart in the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan concerning bilateral ties between the two countries.