Estate workers of a tea estate belonging to a leading tea export company in Sri Lanka have launched a protest over low wages paid by the company.
The Sri Lanka Navy is being accused of attempting to forcefully obtain the land of an elderly Tamil woman in the North.
The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), MP Sagara Kariyawasam has demanded the allied Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) to leave the government if the party disagrees with the policies of the government.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe are set to attend the 5th Indian Ocean Conference scheduled to be held in Abu Dhabi from the 3rd to the 5th of December 2021.
The Ministerial Subcommittee on amending the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) met with members of the Sri Lankan Collective for Consensus (SLCC) on to discuss the current state of their proposals.
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the greatest tribute that can be paid to the late Mangala Samaraweera is for the youth to come forward and take the lead in nation building at a time when the country is facing a serious crisis.
Sri Lanka, reeling under an economic crisis following Covid and mounting debt due to heavy borrowing from China, has reached out to India to boost its sagging economy with Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa undertaking a visit to India in near future.
It's been more than a decade since the Sri Lankan civil war but for Kohilla Sandrasegaram the trauma from the brutal conflict remains vivid.
Addressing a ceremony held at the launch of the Road Development Authority’s premix plant at Andigamawattte in Katugampola on Saturday (27), Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said that certain conspirators associated with the opposition have infiltrated the Catholic Church.
The possibility of importing chemical fertiliser remains in limbo despite the government’s recent decision to lift the ban on importation. According to sources, failure of the government to settle dues to fertiliser companies has led to this precarious situation.
