As many as 11 Tamils, including a Batticaloa schoolboy, have now been arrested by Sri Lankan authorities under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), after Maaveerar Naal commemorations this week. As tens of thousands paid tribute to those who died in the Tamil liberation struggle, Sri Lankan authorities launched a crackdown, which included storming a remembrance event and
Two schools in Badulla and Balangoda that desperately needed additional classroom space have each received a purpose-built classroom thanks to the generosity of Ceylinco Life. The two classrooms are the 86th and 87th donated by Sri Lanka’s life insurance market leader to schools in need in Sri Lanka under a long-running corporate social responsibility initiative.