Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- The Cabinet has approved a Rs. 1,318.3 million contract to widen and upgrade a three-kilometre section of the Kandy-Jaffna Road passing through Vavuniya town. The contract has be... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- The Cabinet has approved the award of a Rs. 111.1 million contract to supply 1.1 million bags of medicines used in the treatment of kidney patients undergoing haemodialysis. The ... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 3 -- The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a proposal to prepare draft legislation to prohibit cluster munitions in Sri Lanka, in line with the country's obligations under the Internat... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- Most organisations facing a serious crisis would welcome a few days away from the cameras. Manchester City has no such luxury. Its manager still has to face journalists before mat... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- Two cases of police brutality, one in Homagama and another in Kobeigane where two suspects taken into custody died under mysterious circumstances have raised renewed concerns rega... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- In politics, democracy is touted as the best form of governance. Regular elections give people the opportunity to choose their rulers and remove them when they fail to meet public... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- I recently visited one of the primary schools in an oppressed caste village in Karainagar. The coastal village on the lagoon side of the Karainagar Island in northern Jaffna was h... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- A major row has erupted over the execution of two Bangladeshi nationals, a man and a woman, in Saudi Arabia on October 14. Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said they were executed... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi has called for strong dialogue among all stakeholders to address the changing elector... Read More
Sri Lanka, Nov. 2 -- Amid concerns raised by local and international organisations over the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill (PSTB), Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake said yester... Read More