Constituent parties of the ruling coalition have decided to submit a special proposal outlining measures that need to be taken to build the country.

(PTI) - Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission (HRC) on February 16 called for the complete abolition of a controversial anti-terror law that gives police sweeping powers to arrest suspects without trial, amid mounting pressure from the Tamil and Muslim political parties over concerns it violates human rights.

The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and its Executive Director, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) amendment bill that was produced in Parliament to amend the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act, No. 48 of 1979.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (16) warned that the Sri Lankan Rupee will hit 300 against the US Dollar before the end of the year.

Minister of Youth and Sports Namal Rajapaksa has decided to launch a national political campaign, it is learnt.

Risks associated with the transport of chemicals and plastics in containerships need to be addressed, say the authors of the first public study into the impacts on people and the environment of toxic chemicals released during the largest plastic pellet spill on record.

The arrest of an outspoken young Catholic activist in Sri Lanka on Monday has drawn the condemnation of the country’s prominent Church leader, who expressed concern over the threat to the freedom of expression and the return of the dreaded ‘white van” culture in Sri Lanka.

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to make a special statement on Sri Lanka's economic crisis and the appropriate measures that need to be taken to resolve it after the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Board Meeting scheduled to be held later this month.

The Chinese company that had placed a tender for the construction of the Central Expressway Project's (CEP -03) Rambukkana to Galagedera section has written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa regarding a potential tender irregularity.

Civil activist Shehan Malaka Gamage has been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Panadura today (14).