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The Aljazeera journalist showed the world live how the police water-attacked the Antare protest held the day before yesterday.(7) That was when the police fired water cannons and tear gas in her direction when she was presenting information live.

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith had stated that the people who came to power by surreptitiously today are working to restrict the freedom of the people and lead a dictatorial regime. He said that a country without an immoral conscience has been...

Lahiru Weerasekera, a former convenor of Antare, said that both Malimawa and Sajabaya parties have failed. He pointed out that this change should be made through a system that gives power to the people who do politics together with the...

The Janata Vimukthi Peramuna protested today in front of the Election Commission demanding the holding of local government elections. As a result, Sarana Road near the Rajagiriya Election Office is currently blocked.

A group of former members of the Colombo Municipal Council lodged a complaint with the Bribery and Corruption Investigation Commission today (08) against the former Mayor Rosy Senanayake. They allege that the monthly electricity bill of her official residence is...

Former President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who was ousted in June last year, has been allocated a new state-sponsored luxury mansion in Stanmore Crescent, which is normally owned by the Foreign Minister in an official capacity, the Daily Mirror reports. (Sri Lanka...

The Judicial Service Association of Sri Lanka (JSASL), the only organisation in the country that represents all District Court judges and Magistrates, has expressed its displeasure with the President's decision to appoint former Assistant Secretary General of Parliament Tikiri Jayathilaka...

Rehana Fathima, a Kerala-based activist, on Monday got relief in a POCSO case as the high court acquitted her emphasising that the right of autonomy over one's body is often denied to the fairer sex and they are bullied, discriminated...

Opposition leader Mr. Sajith Premadasa said today (8) in Parliament that he is happy with the appointment of Dr. Harsha de Silva as the Chairman of the Finance Committee. The opposition leader added that there is a problem in the...

It has been revealed that nearly 3 tons of heroin seized by the police within the last 3 years have been piled up in the Department of Justice and government anaalyst department. Defense Secretary Mr. Kamal Gunaratne stated in the...