Tamil women racially abused during visits to imprisoned relatives – TELO
Prison officers have racially abused northern women who visited their imprisoned relatives in Colombo, TELO leader Selvam Adaikkalanathan alleges.
Prison officers have racially abused northern women who visited their imprisoned relatives in Colombo, TELO leader Selvam Adaikkalanathan alleges.
A Sri Lanka-born Australian journalist has allegedly been harassed by the police in Colombo for reporting on the ongoing state repression against protestors.
A protest took place in front of the Negombo Municipal Council yesterday (15) against state repression and skyrocketing commodity prices.
Weeklong events began in the northern province yesterday (15) to remember a ‘lieutenant colonel’ in the LTTE, Rasiah Parthipan alias Thileepan, who died during a hunger strike 35 years ago.
The state sector accounts for 84 per cent of the state tax revenue, notes Colombo district leader of the UNP Ravi Karunanayake.
Learn lessons from the past and raise a voice not against fraud and corruption only, but against foolish political decisions too, MP Dr. Nalaka Godahewa has urged the people.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s interim budget has nothing to offer for the youths who were engaged in the anti-government struggle, said Prof. Rohan Samarajiva.
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.