Sri Lanka
Engineers’ union challenges legality of CEB assignments
The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union (CEBEU) has raised serious concerns over the legality of recent assignment letters issued to CEB employees, warning...
RTI request for details of president’s domestic trips rejected
The Presidential Secretariat has refused to provide details of president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s domestic trips, as requested under right to information. Jinath Premaratne...
Lankan underworld kingpins nabbed in Jakarta to be repatriated
Six of Sri Lanka’s most notorious underworld figures, including Kehelbaddara Padme and Commando Salinda, were arrested in Jakarta following a week-long joint operation...
UN raises alarm over continued detention of Rohingya refugees in Lanka
The United Nations Resident Representative to Sri Lanka, Marc-André Franche, has voiced concern over the continued detention of a group of Rohingya refugees...
Cabinet approves Rs. 250 m mental health program targeting youth
The Cabinet of Ministers on Monday approved the implementation of a special program to address rising mental health challenges, particularly among schoolchildren, adolescents,...
New Customs Director-General linked to red-flagged container case – Mujibur
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman claims that newly appointed Director-General of Sri Lanka Customs Seevali Arukgoda was named in the findings...
Strike action launched by SLTB unions
Several trade unions affiliated with the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) commenced trade union action from midnight yesterday (27), raising concerns over a...
President should also face investigation over helicopter use
Historian Professor Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri says that the current government should also be concerned about the legal case filed against former President Ranil...
