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Veteran actor G R Perera (Galhenage Rathanapala Perera) has passed away this morning (01) according to family sources. In a career spanning over five decades he has played roles  in many films and teledramas

Continuing his discussions with large-scale Indian investors and corporate leaders, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with IndiGo airline’s co-founder and Managing Director Rahul Bhatia in New Delhi. This was a follow-up to the meeting that they had in December last year. The discussion between High Commissioner Moragoda and Bhatia was centred […]

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The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) says the special committee it appointed to review the Anti-Terrorism Bill, gazetted on the 22nd of March 2023, has observed that clauses 3,4,10,11,13,-14,15,16,28,30,31,36,82,-83,84,85, and 86 of the bill infringe upon the principles of the criminal justice system and are in contravention of the legal rights of the citizens. […]

By Saman Indrajith The Opposition was not in a position to back the IMF/EFF facility at the vote scheduled to be taken on Friday (28) as the government had not submitted the entire agreement with the IMF, Chief Opposition Whip SJB MP Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday. Participating in the three-day debate on the IMF/EFF […]

By saman Indrajith Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella yesterday told Parliament that there was a shortage of over 100 types of essential drugs in government hospitals. Rambukwella said that while there were 1,347 types of medicines used by the state-run hospitals and 150 of them were in short supply. The Minister said that the government spent […]

The allegation that Wasantha Karannagoda committed a gross human rights violation, documented by NGOs and independent investigations, is serious and credible, says the US secretary of state

In recent testimony before the US House of Representatives, the chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace requested specific funding levels for 15 international aid programs and offered four “strategic-level issues and recommendations.

Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhary is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka on 01 May 2023 for an official visit on an invitation from Sri Lanka Air Force Chief, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana. Air Chief Marshal Chaudhary, who joined the Indian Air Force as a […]

The United States on Wednesday said it will deny visa to Wasantha Karannagoda, Governor of North Western Province in Sri Lanka, due to his involvement in a gross violation of human rights during his tenure as a Naval Commander.