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Eighty-two people arrested during the Socialist Youth Union protest have been released on bail. The Maligakanda Magistrate has granted police bail to 79 persons and surety bail to three others. On Saturday (24), the Socialist Youth Union planned a protest,...

Entire country will soon join the struggle . Mr. Mahinda Jayasinghe, Secretary of Ceylon Teachers' Union, said that the day when the people of the country will join the struggle to oust the current government is not far away. He...

Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department apprehended an extortionist who was threatening ex-President Gotabha Rajapaksa's wife, Mrs. Ayoma Rajapaksa, for a ten lakh rupee ransom. Ganesan Yogan, a Kolonnawa Salamulla inhabitant, is the person in question. According to the Criminal...

According to Mr. Wasantha Athukorala, professor of economics and statistics at Peradeniya University, a family's tax burden in Sri Lanka has risen to 28,000 rupees. In an interview with the media, he stated that the tax burden has increased due...

The 42 individuals arrested at the Socialist Students Union rally in Colombo yesterday (24) were referred to the Colombo Forensic Medical Officer this afternoon. There, student activists told the media that the battle cannot be stopped by the government's coercive...

Even though the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) established a date for its elective AGM, the Sports Ministry believes the decision is null and void because current members' terms expired on September 15. Three international delegates attended FFSL's SGM...

The U.S. benchmark oil price tumbled below $80 a barrel on Friday for the first time since January as traders grew increasingly worried that much of the world was headed into a recession or was already in one. The steady...

We take a look at all the 16 squads for this year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Ahead of the much-anticipated ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, starting next month, all 16 teams have sent in their squads...

Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission wants an early report on the arrest of 83 persons at a Socialist Youth Union protest. Human Rights Commission said it told IGP to send report on Monday (26). Human Rights Commission staff have been...

The LG elections must take place .Former Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said that it is completely illegal to run local government bodies without public representatives. He said that it has been confirmed by a Supreme Court judgment.