The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ) has filed a case in the Court of Appeal against the Mt. Lavinia Beach Nourishment project (CA/WRT/128/2020).
The case filed on June 19th this year is against the Coast Conservation Department (CCD), the Central...
If there is one thing that is clear, following the recent interactions the police had with children, it is that Sri Lanka has a long way to go in terms of raising awareness amongst the public, and more so...
Now that Sri Lanka has achieved notable success in containing the danger posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to the health of the nation, the time has come for a concerted and decisive focus on reviving the economy. This is...
Three police officers connected with the alleged assault of a teenaged autistic boy in Dharga Town have been interdicted, according to a statement from Police Headquarters released at 7.45 p.m on June 5th.
The interdiction follows an investigation into the...
The sand that seems to have been washed away from the Mt. Lavinia Beach Nourishment Project, has not gone to waste, but has been carried northwards along the coast, claimed the Director General of the Coast Conservation Department (CCD),...
The current shortage of fertilizer should ease within the next ten days or so, with the arrival of the first of three shipments by end of May, says the Director of the National Fertilizer Secretariat, Mr. Mahesh Gammanpila.
Mr. Gammanpila...
While e-learning and distance education through the TV was introduced to assist all students to keep up with their studies, during the COVID 19 curfews, a bone of contention has been about the vast number of students left behind...
Sri Lanka’s post COVID-19 economic recovery strategy must be a mix of pro-poor, structural, macroeconomic and climate friendly policies, says an eminent panel appointed by the Pathfinder Foundation.
The panel’s report which provides a series of recommendations, both for immediate...
Earlier in the week Facebook Inc. issued an apology for the role it may have played in fuelling the violence that erupted in Sri Lanka in early 2018.
Along with the apology, Facebook also released three impact assessment reports that...
The Chairman of the Weligama Urban Council, Rehaan D W Jayawickreme has invoked his right as the first citizen of that Township to ban the unauthorised entry of any media personnel into private properties of anyone suspected to be...
Several former Parliamentarians, all members of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya are seeking detailed answers regarding Sri Lanka’s fight against COVID-19 from Director of Health Services, Dr. Anil Jasinghe.
The ex-parliamentarians are seeking answers for actions taken by the Health Service...
by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa
The President, the government and the state apparatus have focused their entire attention on combating Covid-19. The way in which the people have benefited from this, is clearly apparent. Even in the midst of this...
