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Mangala rejects Mahinda's attempts to pass on blame for the current economic downfall on the former government

Former Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera in a hard hitting statement rejected the attempt made by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to pass on the responsibility of

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35 Navy personnel have contracted the Coronavirus - Dilith's 'Aruna' newspaper says

A pro-government newspaper 'Aruna', in its headline today (24), has reported that 35 Navy personnel have contracted the novel coronavirus.

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Leading international jurists concerned over detention of Muslim lawyer

International and local opposition is mounting against Sri Lanka for detaining a leading Muslim lawyer accused of collusion in the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 270.

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Can Sri Lanka put politics aside in a pandemic?

Once in a lifetime, a country faces a crisis so unique that the ordinary rules of politics should not apply. We expect politicians – political animals by nature – to act in ways that

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Navy accused of “biting and beating up” Kilinochchi fishermen

A group of fishermen in the Kilinochchi district have alleged members of the navy of brutally attacking them and stealing their equipment while they were fishing in the northern

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The 1918 flu and the pandemic déjà vu

As it swept the globe starting in 1918 through the end of 1919, the deadly virus afflicted 500 million people, and left 50 million dead. Among the dead were royalty and world

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Riyaj had never associated with Zahran. Aruna and Lankadeepa reports are false - Riyaj Bathiudeen's Wife Fathima says

Newspaper reports published in the 'Sunday Aruna' and 'Sunday Lankadeepa' in connection with the arrest of Riyaj Bathiudeen, brother of former minister Rishad Bathiudeen by

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Prof. Hoole informs NEC that he doesn't agree to hold elections on May 28

Professor Ratnajeevan Hoole, member of Sri Lanka’s National Election Commission (NEC) has written to the Commission objecting to a proposal to conduct the general election

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Elections aren't the top priority; We've not been able to control the pandemic: Cardinal Malcom Ranjith

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has asked the Sri Lankan government to focus on eradicating the Covid-19 pandemic completely before holding elections.

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Covid-19 Pandemic & Freedom of Expression Rights

Sri Lanka has been under an unofficial health emergency, since mid March 2020. State of emergency if declared it needs to be endorsed by the parliament within a month.

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Arrest of attorney-at-law Hejaaz Hizbullah is "illegal and arbitrary"

The arrest of leading Muslim Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah by officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 14 April 2020 has been condemned as an illegal and

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Small fear whether the dead bodies with the virus can be used as biological weapons - Dr. Channa Perera tells BBC

Dr Channa Perera, Consultant Forensic Pathologist attached to Sri Lanka's Ministry of Health and dealing with the management of dead bodies has said that the government

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My brother's arrest is clearly a case of political victimization - Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen

Commenting on the arrest of his brother Riyaj Bathiudeen, former minister and the Leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) Rishad Bathiudeen said that it is "clearly

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Sri Lanka Muslim Civil Society distributes gift packs to staff at IDH

The Sri Lanka Muslim Civil Society (SLMCS), an organisation committed to unity as one nation, distributed 2000 gift packs to the frontline staff at the Infectious Disease Hospital

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Mangala says MR’s speech grossly irresponsible and misleading

Former minister of finance Mangala Samaraweera lambasted premier Mahinda Rajapaksa for the grossly irresponsible and misleading statement the latter had made recently.

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