#Sri Lanka
Govt can’t raise plantation wages, says Minister
Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure, Samantha Vidyaratna, said that the government does not possess the legal authority to unilaterally increase the wages...
UN acknowledges need of impartial investigations for Sri Lanka mass graves
The United Nations has endorsed ongoing demand by Tamil victims for the excavation of the most recently discovered mass burial site in Sri...
US may end support for war crimes probes, including work in Sri Lanka
The White House has recommended terminating US funding for nearly two dozen programs that conduct war crimes and accountability work globally, including in...
Police seek to drop 2 charges against public security secretary
Police have sought the dropping of reckless and drunk driving charges against the present public security ministry secretary Ravi Seneviratne, when a hearing...
Ravi urges debt relief for SMEs
Opposition MP Ravi Karunanayake has called for urgent relief measures to support Sri Lanka’s small and medium-scale entrepreneurs (SMEs), warning that nearly 250,000...
Health Minister admits Govt failing to meet medicine demand
Cabinet Spokesperson and Minister of Health and Mass Media Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa acknowledged that the government is currently unable to meet the full...
Govt to import 40,000 MT of Keeri Samba to tackle rice shortage
The government has decided to import 40,000 metric tons of Keeri Samba and substitute rice varieties in a bid to address the current...
Visiting UN rights chief told of Sri Lanka’s ‘arsenal’ against Tamil nationalism
A Northern Tamil political leader has raised concerns with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the ‘arsenal’ used by the...
