Month: May 2023

In a major development surrounding the 2023 Asia Cup, island nation Sri Lanka has emerged as the front-runner to host the ...

Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena  had to adjourn the proceedings of the Parliament today. It was with the announcement by Justice ...

An official creditor's committee has been formed related to debt restructuring in Sri Lanka. The Paris club said in a ...

Before the coronation of King Charles, Ranil's uncle's newspaper published a news story. It stated that as a request made ...

A news about a private tutor who abused and sexually harassed 16 female students is reported in Kaluthara. According to ...

41 Sri Lankans who were arrested by the Australia's security forces and kept in Christmas Island while trying to enter ...

The Speaker informed Parliament on Tuesday that the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka had cleared the way for Parliament to decriminalise same-sex relationships with a simple majority in the House. In an exhaustive 43-page ruling, a three member bench ruled that the Bill was constitutional and would not require a two-thirds majority in the house or a national referendum. Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya was joined on the bench by Justices Vijith Malalgoda and Arjuna Obeyesekere. Initially, MP Premnath Dolawatte introduced a Private Member's Bill to Amend the Penal Code on April 4th. Three petitioners challenged the Bill and asked the Supreme Court to rule that it required a two-thirds majority in Parliament and a referendum, claiming that it was  inconsistent with the Constitution. Thirty other citizens and two civil society organisations then filed ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump was on Tuesday found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in 1996, and ordered to ...

Former Pakistan cricket captain and Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested by paramilitary officers outside the High Court in ...

A discussion was held between the Tamil National Alliance and the President this evening. TNA presented the condition that all ...