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Sajith Premadasa recently met with 12 national groups at his office. Sajith said that racism cannot be used to build a country. Through sterilised Koththu, operations, and Shafi, racial hatred grew. It hurt national security and cohesiveness. To obtain power,...

The U.N. Human Rights Council called on Sri Lanka to get a grip on its economic crisis and prosecute corruption by public officials, in a resolution passed Thursday. The United Nations' top rights body voted 20-7 to keep up its...

Why did this happen to these children? If the purpose of Children's Day is to create a safe environment for children to grow up, can we forget about them and move on? What lessons can be learned from past events?...

Various parties had alleged that the police had used expired tear gas to disperse the public protests against the Gotabhaya Rajapaksa regime. A complaint in this regard was filed before the Freedom of Information Commission by journalist Taridu Uduwaragedara. Accordingly,...

Mr. Nimal Piyathissa, who represents Mr. Wimal Weerawansa's National Freedom Front, made a statement in Parliament yesterday that Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has been appointed as the new convener of Antare. Mr. Fonseka's statement in reply was as follows:

Mr. Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader, took steps to provide a financial assistance of 15 lakh rupees to Nethmi and the team participating in the World Wrestling Championship. He gave this money in a gathering.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka states that the gross official reserves of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka have decreased to the level of 1.8 billion US dollars. The Central Bank also says that this includes the US$1.4 billion...

He has been acquitted of the case against former minister Rishad Badiuddin, who was accused of misusing public funds and transporting people in violation of election laws. When the related case was brought before the Colombo Fort Magistrate Mr. Thilina...

A woman named Thilini Priyamali was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department for defrauding a large number of people including politicians, actors, actresses and businessmen by saying that they would give a profitable amount of money for deposits in foreign...

In a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it states that Sri Lanka categorically rejected resolution A/HRC/51/L.1 (Rev.1) titled "Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka" tabled by the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Malawi, Montenegro,...