The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF reports to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
Washington, September 21 (PTI): There is a “steady” and “alarming” erosion of fundamental rights, particularly of religious and other minorities in India,...
Sri Lankan Airlines has obtained the government’s approval for the recruitment of foreign pilots.
Sri Lankan CEO Richard Nuttal said that the airline will have to recruit foreign pilots to address the prevailing pilot shortage.
Over 50 pilots have left Sri...
NEW DELHI -- Group of 20 leaders in New Delhi have reached a consensus on a joint declaration, avoiding explicit condemnations of Russian aggression against Ukraine but defying doubts about whether such a document could be issued at all.
After...
The Maldives is set to have its Presidential election on September 9. But in sharp contrast to the 2018 Presidential poll, this time round it is hazardous to make predictions about the result.
There is now a multiplicity of candidates,...
The Catholic Bishop Conference of Sri Lanka yesterday appealed to the authorities to seriously consider the plight of the people, brushing aside political drama, so that the poor and marginalised could at least sustain their lives with their basic...
The Civil Society Collective for Democracy, also known by its slogan ‘Stand for Democracy’, is a coalition of concerned citizens and organisations, including civil society organisations, professionals, academics, trade unions, youth leaders, activists, media personnel, religious figures, and other...
The primary section of Balapitiya Revatha National School has been closed today (28) and tomorrow (29) due to an infestation of dog fleas and sand fleas in classrooms.
The classrooms are being disinfected under the instructions of the principal.
Fourteen people were injured in a major accident at Kambradeniya in Dehiowita yesterday night. All injured have been admitted to Avissawella Base Hospital, and four of them were critically ill. Police said that a bus plying from Colombo to...
A patient who was receiving treatment at Ward No. 72 of the Colombo National Hospital had died while being administered an antibiotic, Coamoxiclav.
Deputy Director General of Health Services, Dr. G. Wijesuriya, said that an investigation is going on to...
TL/DR: “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind. But I don’t know enough to know the answer,” U.S. President Joe Biden said about a plane crash that reportedly killed Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Wagner Group...
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is confident of implementing the 13th., Amendment (13A) to the Sri Lankan constitution devolves power to the provinces but with some fine-tuning.
He believes that most political parties recognize the political rationale of the 13A...
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando and Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkkara have filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging the Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s (SJB) decision to expel them from party membership.
The two Ministers are seeking a declaration that...
