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BudgetCheck 2025 by FactCheck.lk

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- The team at FactCheck.lk (a platform run by Verite Research) fact-checked six statements from President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's maiden budget speech for 2025. Of these, four st... Read More


The Importance of Commemorating Mother Tongue Day in Sri Lanka

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- Language is one of the most fundamental aspects of human communication, shaping not only individual identities but also national cultures. In multilingual societies like Sri Lanka... Read More


Killing in the Court house and political patronage

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- Three days after the so-called shocking murder in the courtroom at the Colombo Magistrate's Court, the alleged killer has been taken into custody, the man behind the killing ident... Read More


Impunity is worse than crime

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- A protest held against the then government when former rugby player Wasim Thajudeen's remains were being exhumed in 2015. The killing of Thajudeen is always cited as an emblematic... Read More


Misconceived, Misinterpreted, Miscast and a big Mistake!

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- This film was rife with inaccuracies which were not only insulting and upsetting but it reaffirmed that fact that, 'history is always written by the victors!' Even though most of ... Read More


Was Ganemulla Sanjeewa involved in a Plot to Murder M.A. Sumanthiran?

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- Notorious drug trafficker and criminal gang leader Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne known as 'Ganemulla Sanjeewa,' was shot dead in the No. 5 Magistrate's Court within the Hulftsdorp ... Read More


People should not be wary of details provided to Census and Statistics: Department official

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- The Census and Statistics Department is seeking exact details of people including the conditions of their housing and collected data that remain confidential and are inaccessible ... Read More


New Anti Terrorism Bill will be introduced soon: Vijitha

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- A committee headed by legal expert Rinzie Alsakularatne has been appointed to prepare a new Anti Terrorism Bill, Minister Vijitha Herath told Parliament today. Published by HT Di... Read More


58 organised crime gangs, 1,400 associates identified: Acting IGP

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- Acting IGP Priyantha Weerasooriya said today that 58 gangs engaged in organised crimes and 1,400 of their associates have been identified across the country. He reported that, s... Read More


Speaker announces appointment of Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Srilanka, Feb. 22 -- Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne today announced the appointment of Commitee on Constitutional Affairs headed by him and comprising Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, Opposition Leade... Read More