by Nirmala Kannangara Yoshitha Rajapaksa at FCID Investigations carried out by the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) have unearthed how the grand aunt of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa offspring – Daisy Forest – had paid […]
By Pani Wijesiriwardena 12 October 2016 A large protest in the Sri Lankan town of Jaffna, involving thousands of working people and youth, took place on September 24 against the continued suppression of the democratic […]
The UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Rita Izsák-Ndiaye has urged Sri Lanka to focus on the current situation with regard to human rights and minority issues, rather than dwelling on the past. Rita Izsák-Ndiaye […]
By V. Anandasangaree – V. Anandasangaree My fourth letter in the series is not going to be that palatable to you. You have not taken serious note of the Judgment delivered on the 25th of […]
Brexit could knock almost £800 off the annual wage of the country’s lowest-paid workers by the end of the decade, a major new report has found. The research concluded that an uncertain economic outlook in […]
By Meera Srinivasan A group of Hindus in Sri Lanka has launched ‘Siva Senai’, an organisation to “protect Hindus from threats from other religious groups” in the island. A ceremony was recently held in Vavuniya, a […]
By Dharisha Bastians President Maithripala Sirisena slammed the Bribery Commission and two Police divisions for what he called their “hauling” of the former defence secretary and naval commanders to court earlier this month. In a […]
by N. Sathiya Moorthy Antonio Guterres In the normal course, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s three-day India visit should have made great news in the Sri Lankan media and for the people. But it was not […]
BY Lankesh Gooneratne The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North will stage a massive protest demonstration demanding houses if the government does not implement housing projects meant for IDPs with immediate effect, sources told […]
The massive concert marked five decades of the charismatic singer’s career It was 4.30 in the evening on Sunday and thousands had already queued up outside the municipal grounds here for a show that was […]
