COLOMBO, July 14 -- Trade unions representing Sri Lankan public sector employees on Tuesday (14) launched a public awareness campaign calling on the government to provide a Rs 25,000 interim allowance... Read More
COLOMBO, July 14 -- A group of railway gatekeepers has appealed to the government to grant them permanent appointments and settle months of unpaid wages, saying they have spent 14 years working at haz... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 13 -- COLOMBO - The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar on Monday (13) dismissed a preliminary objection filed by former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, paving the wa... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 13 -- COLOMBO - Sri Lanka has recorded a steady annual increase in HIV infections, with the highest number of cases continuing to be reported from the Colombo and Gampaha districts, a ... Read More
Sri Lanka, July 13 -- COLOMBO - Lawyers who visited Welikada Prison on Monday (13) to provide legal assistance to inmates transferred from Negombo Prison following the recent clash said they were unab... Read More
COLOMBO, July 12 -- Sri Lanka has banned the import of goods produced wholly or partly through forced labour, in a move aimed at strengthening labour standards and aligning the country's trade regulat... Read More
COLOMBO, July 12 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is preparing to file murder charges against around 200 inmates suspected of involvement in the deadly violence at Negombo Prison last we... Read More
COLOMBO, July 10 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has renewed its call on President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to immediately fill eight vacancies in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal,... Read More
COLOMBO, July 10 -- The Colombo High Court on Thursday (9) postponed until July 17, the further evidence inquiry in the money laundering case against Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahind... Read More
COLOMBO, July 9 -- Post-mortem examinations into the deadly violence at Negombo Prison have found that prison officers killed during the unrest died from severe head injuries sustained in brutal assau... Read More