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The United States designated three former Colombian officials for their involvement in gross violations of human rights.

GHTC submitted written testimony to the Senate SFOPS appropriations subcommittee, urging them to sustain and protect global health R&D funding at the USAID in the FY24 budget.

Independent report ordered by OSC 'substantiated' whistleblower complaints and bipartisan concerns about Pack's tenure as head of USAGM

April was Genocide Awareness Month and it is crucial that we learn from history because violent conflict does not have to be a foregone conclusion.

AWF CEO Kaddu Sebunya delivered testimony at a U.S. Senate hearing encouraging further U.S. support for international conservation.

‘Such sensitive action cannot be based on NGO findings’ Chairman of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on National Security, Rear Admiral (retd) Sarath Weerasekara, has condemned the blacklisting by the US of Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda over the latter’s alleged involvement in ‘a gross violation of human rights during his tenure as a Naval […]

By Norman Palihawadane Special security and traffic arrangements are in place today in view of the May Day celebrations countrywide.Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said special May Day rallies and parades were scheduled to be held in Colombo, Nugegoda, Kandy, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya today and more than 3,500 police personnel had been deployed for […]

By Norman Palihawadane Notorious underworld gang leader and drug dealer, Sinhara Amal Saminda Silva alias Rathmalane Kudu Anju, who is accused of killing Sri Lankan cricketer Dhananjaya de Silva’s father, has been arrested by the French police. He is to be extradited here. Police spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa said that Kudu Anju had been arrested […]

The JVP-led NPP says that the main opposition SJB did not have the backbone to vote against the government’s deal with the IMF, in Parliament on Friday. Addressing the media at the JVP headquarters in Pelawatte on Saturday, former JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti said that the SJB’s absence was tantamount to an indirect endorsement of […]

The National Building Research Organisation (NBRO), on Sunday, issued landslide warnings for several areas in Badulla, Kandy and Kegalle districts. The NBRO said those areas had received over 75 ml of rain during the last 24 hours and that more heavy showers were expected in the coming days. People living in those districts have been […]