#Sri Lanka
Over 300 children rescued from exploitation in past month
Sri Lanka’s Minister of Women and Child Affairs, Saroja Paulraj, has revealed that more than 300 children, many engaged in domestic servitude or...
Indefinite postal strike leaves millions of items undelivered
Postal unions in Sri Lanka have declared an indefinite strike, bringing postal services across the country to a halt and leaving nearly 1.5...
Money printing not a threat to inflation, says Deputy Transport Minister
Deputy Minister of Transport Dr. Prasanna Gunasena has dismissed fears that printing money will drive inflation in Sri Lanka, insisting that the government’s...
12,000 kilograms of paddy from a hectare- Deputy Minister Namal
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Namal Karunaratne has pointed out that Sri Lankan Agri scientists have discovered new varieties of paddy that can produce...
Mixed response to Hartal in North and East over Mullaitivu death
The hartal staged across the Northern and Eastern provinces today (18), demanding justice for the death of a 32-year-old Tamil man in Mullaitivu...
Passengers inconvenienced by heavy congestion at Katunayake airport
Passengers, both local and foreign, were very much inconvenienced by heavy congestion at the inspection and immigration and emigration counters of the Katunayake...
Sri Lanka probes 100 politicians over unexplained wealth
Sri Lanka’s Bribery Commission, in coordination with the Illegal Assets Investigation Division, has launched a sweeping investigation into the financial dealings of nearly...
Hartal in North-East presses for PTA repeal, land Rights, and PC elections
Several Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka’s Northern and Eastern provinces have announced a hartal today (18) to press for solutions on key...
