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Three-judge bench appointed to consider petition against removing robe of Gnanasara Thera

Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- President Judge of the Court of Appeal Rohantha Abeysuriya appointed a three-judge bench to consider the petitions filed requesting an order invalidating the decision taken by pr... Read More


Anojan death sentence set aside by Saudi Court of Appeal

Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- The Saudi Court of Appeal set aside its earlier judgement imposing the death sentence on Sri Lankan national Sivarasa Anojan. Sivarasa was sentenced to death by a Saudi Arabian ... Read More


CID to file indictments in Airbus deal case involving Namal Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) informed Fort Magistrate Pasan Amaraseena today (14) that investigations into the case against MP Namal Rajapaksa and two other suspec... Read More


Court orders arrest of Basil Rajapaksa over alleged misuse of tourism funds

Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- Fort Magistrate Pasan Amaraseena today (14) ordered the Illegal Assets Investigation Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest former Economic Development Min... Read More


Public procurement reforms aimed at accelerating capital expenditure, President says

Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- Sri Lanka plans to overhaul its public procurement system and align budget timelines to speed up execution of capital expenditure projects, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ann... Read More


Experts: Dira 2050 draws on Nyerere's vision

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 14 -- TANZANIAS Development Vision 2050 retains key elements of Mwalimu Julius Nyereres development philosophy, including selfreliance, industrialisation and agricultural transform... Read More


PM attends Holy Mass in memory of Mwalimu Nyerere, at St Epiphany Cathedral

SUMBAWANGA, Oct. 14 -- PRIME Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has today, October 14, 2026, attended a Holy Mass in memory of the late Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, at St Epiphany Cat... Read More


Nyerere's healthcare vision endures amid service expansion

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 14 -- WHEN Tanzania gained independence in 1961, access to healthcare remained a major challenge, particularly for rural communities where medical facilities were scarce and distan... Read More


ZLS, Constitution, Legal, Public Service bodies table joint bid to review and amending Isles laws

ZANZIBAR, Oct. 14 -- THE Zanzibar Law Society (ZLS) and the Office of the President - Constitution, Legal Affairs, Public Service and Good Governance have agreed to strengthen cooperation in providing... Read More


Mwalimu Nyerere, education reformist who fought ignorance

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 14 -- HE just inherited the country from the hands of colonialists, at that time, the population was approximately nine million people with only 11 indigenous university graduates.... Read More