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Sri Lanka

Bodu Bala Sena alleges NPP candidate linked to global terror network

Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS), has made serious allegations claiming that a candidate representing...

Politics

LG polls: Ranil says NPP unable to win majority

Leader of the United National Party (UNP) and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated today that the National People’s Power (NPP) is unlikely to...

Politics

President engaged in ‘Temple Politics’ to court elderly voters – Prof. Dewasiri

Professor Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri, a staunch supporter of the National People’s Power (NPP), has drawn parallels between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s current political...

Sri Lanka

Easter Sunday Attacks: Muslim organisations call for truth and justice

On the solemn occasion of the sixth anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, a coalition of Muslim organizations in Sri Lanka has...

Sri Lanka

More than 100 Easter bombing victims in Sri Lanka named ‘witnesses of faith’ by Vatican

The Vatican has recognised 167 Sri Lankan Catholics killed in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings as ‘witnesses of faith’, six years after the...

World

Pope Francis has died, Vatican says

VATICAN CITY, April 21 (Reuters) – Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said...

Sri Lanka

Flawed airport tender process exposes cracks in Government’s anti-corruption pledge

The Phase II expansion of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has plunged into controversy following serious allegations of corruption and legal irregularities involving...

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka-China Friendship Association voices concern over US tariffs

The Sri Lanka–China Friendship Association (SLCFA) has expressed deep concern over the recently imposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, warning...

Sri Lanka

CEB to write off Rs. 250 million in dues from places of public religious worship

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has announced that it will write off outstanding electricity charges totaling over Rs. 250 million owed by various...

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka must abolish PTA to retain GSP+

The Sri Lankan government has announced plans to repeal the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in a decisive move aimed at securing...