Ahnaf Jazeem, a poet and teacher from Silavathurai, Mannar who was arrested and detained by the Terrorism Investigations Division (TID) in May 2020 under the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) was acquitted by the Puttalam High Court yesterday due to a lack of evidence.
The doctors of the National Eye Hospital in Colombo have called off the one-day token strike which was launched this morning (14).
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon has directed the Computer Crime Investigation Division (CCID) to establish a separate division in order to investigate allegations of religious hate crimes perpetrated through social media.
Australia announced a new migration policy on Monday that would tighten visa requirements for skilled workers and foreign students in order to make immigration “sustainable.”
Decrying the state of mental health treatment in the country, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has said some of the actions and lack of facilities ‘amount to torture’.
War-affected Tamils searching for their near and dear handed over or surrendered to the Sri Lankan army whose fate is still unknown even after 14 years since the war ended observed International Human Rights Day (IHD) as a ‘Black Day’.
The 2024 Appropriation Bill (Budget) was passed in Parliament with a majority of 41 votes a short while ago.
Award-winning South African Afro-pop singer Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as Zahara, has died, the country's culture minister has said.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged all to confine their greed for political power to election periods only.
