State Minister for Urban Development and Housing Arundika Fernando announced the commencement of five housing projects in Colombo aimed at benefiting the low and middle-class population.
President's counsel, Faizer Mustapha, representing the petitioners in the case concerning the dismissal of Ministers Manusha Nanayakkara and Harin Fernando from the Samagi Jana Balavegaya political party, has asserted that the documents submitted by the party are fake.
Protesting dairy farmers in Mannnar have demanded the release of a pasture forcibly being used for cultivation purposes.
After more than three decades of protests by Families of the Disappeared to learn the truth about what happened to their loved ones, the time has come for the Sri Lankan state to demonstrate conclusively that it is serious about establishing the truth and ensuring accountability, said the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP).
The Governor of the Eastern Province Senthil Thondaman assured that land distribution in the Eastern Province is conducted in full accordance with legal procedures by the Ministry of Mahaweli and that it is free from any ethnic or religious biases.
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M.A. Sumanthiran has questioned the Sri Lanka Police’s lack of action against Ven. Mangalaramaya Ampitiya Sumana Thera for allegedly making threatening statements against the Tamil community.
Education Minister Dr. Susil Premajayantha said that no matter who caused the problem, he would take responsibility as the minister in charge and provide solutions to the issues of the teachers and principals.
Southern leaders hoping to contest the next presidential election are afraid of making public comments about the rights of the Tamil community,
Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara and the Italian Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Damiano Francovigh, held bilateral talks yesterday (26) with a view to strengthening labour migration cooperation between the two nations.
Road accidents had killed 115 children from 01 January to 15 October this year, police said.
