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Yesterday, President Ranil Wickremesinghe had taken steps to appoint former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga as the senior adviser of the National Joint Mechanism on Food Security and Nutrition. It will be implemented under the leadership of President's Secretary Mr. Saman...

The Court of Appeal today ordered the acquittal of Saruwa Liyanage Sunil, the former Chairman of Akuressa Regional Council, who was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment with hard labour. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison by the Colombo...

The Forum of Women Parliamentarians has proposed to create a quota for the appointment of female parliamentarians to the positions of speaker or deputy speaker, and to include a new quota to include women in decision-making institutions, including the commissions...

Mihintala vihara Chief Varavahangunawawe Dhammarathana Thero said that steps have been taken to establish modern chambers in the ancient caves located in Mihintala temple. He said that all institutions have approved it.

Women leaders from four provinces in Sri Lanka have urged local government authorities to strengthen efforts to protect women, who have been affected by the country’s economic, political and COVID-19 crises this year. From March to September, UN Women hosted...

Sri Lanka’s interlocking economic and political crises remain acute. In this excerpt from the Watch List 2022 – Autumn Update, the Crisis Group lays out what the EU and its member states can do to mitigate the risks of needed...

Yesterday, Mr. Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader, went to his home in Dambane to inquire about the well-being of the mother of Antare convener Wasantha Mudalige, who has been kept under summons for more than 50 days. There, the opposition...

The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers on Monday (10) will likely take up a proposal for Sri Lanka to revert from a middle-income country to a low-income country. This is with the aim of obtaining concessionary funding from the International...

Chief Medical Officer of Peradeniya University Health Center Chandima Herath says that 140 female students have come to the Peradeniya University Health Center for psychological counseling since last August until now, and 10% of them were hospitalized and treated. The...

Two Australian men have been charged with bribing Sri Lankan officials to secure infrastructure contracts worth millions of dollars. Australian police arrested the pair last month after a decade-long investigation spanning several countries. The men, aged 67 and 71, worked...