Organiser of Socialist Students’ Union arrested after protest
The national organiser of the Socialist Students’ Union, the students’ arm of the JVP, has been taken into custody.
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.
Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to postpone his return to Sri Lanka until the second week of September, government sources say.
Agencies and persons responsible for national security should work closely with the media to prevent the circulation of discrediting news internationally, said defence secretary Kamal Gunaratne.
Just hours after top teacher trade unionist Joseph Stalin warned of government plans to use anti-terrorism laws to repress protestors, three arrestees have been sent behind bars on detention orders.