The Sri Lankan Government, in general, respects religious freedom, but in practice, there were problems in some areas, the International Religious Freedom Report 2012, released by the US Department of State – Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour on 20 May 2013, ...
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Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka's former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was re-elected by acclamation last Monday (20) as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council's Intergovernmental Working Group on the Right to Development, which held its 14th session from ...
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By W. Siri Ananda

An investigation is being conducted on an immigration officer, who has allegedly collected US$ 20 fraudulently from a foreign tourist, to issue a visa last week, Controller General of the Department of Immigration ...
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by Sammanatha Kohombakadawala

North Central Provincial Council (NCPC) UNP member and Chief Organizer of the Opposition, Chandima Mahindasoma, said the present NCPC is the worst of all the Councils, since the system was introduced ...
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by Laxman Gallege – Walasgala & Siri Landage – Dickwella

An 86-year-old man, reportedly a father of 12 children, and a resident of Handapangoda in Dickwella, has been taken into custody by the Dickwella Police for ...
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by SANJEEWA MANIKKUWADU

A husband, seeing pictures of his wife having sex with another man, the owner of a mobile phone outlet in Balapitiya, had attacked him with a machete. The victim had been ...
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By Dhammika Namal Korale

The opening of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Dambulla Base Hospital has been postponed once again, according to hospital sources.

Though the official ...
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by Piyal Kithsiri

The Health Division of the Badulla Municipal Council has decided to prevent dansalas being set up under unhygienic conditions during the Vesak season.

The Municipal ...
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by Gunapala Erathnavalli

The Southern Provincial Education Ministry has sent a circular last week to all schools coming under its purview to conduct a Seela Samaadana campaign on 23 May in view of the Vesak ...
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By Our Batticaloa correspondent

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian from the Batticaloa District, P. Ariyanenthiran, said TNA MPs attend Parliamentary sessions twice a month and visit the 4th ...
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The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) yesterday accused the government of not making sufficient effort to 'reconnect with the Tamil people' after the end of the ...

Health Minister, Maithripala Sirisena, will be using an armoured vehicle during his visit to Geneva to participate in three health conventions.

Vanni District Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian, Siva Shakthi Anandan, was interrogated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ...

The involvement of the Indian Government in the Sampur Coal Power Project can be attributed to the role played by the Chinese in the Norochcholai Power ...

The All Ceylon English Teachers' Union (ACETU) has appealed to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to provide relief to the working class by at least reducing the ...

Five suspects including an underworld kingpin, 'Navy Ruwan,' were apprehended by a team of officers of the Special Operations Unit of the Mirihana ...

A woman has fallen into a well with her three day old male infant in the Anguruwathota area last night, the Police Media Unit told Ceylon Today ...

Union Minister V Narayanasamy today said that only the Congress party is "genuinely" interested in ensuring welfare of the Tamils in Sri ...

The token strike that was held today with the participation of several trade unions was successful, Trade Union activist and former JVP Parliamentarian ...

A 48-year-old Sri Lankan Tamilsettled in Chennai killed his mother, wife and daughter by slitting their throats before committing suicide by ...

A fire that had erupted in a store at the Jumma Junction in Maligawatte a short while ago has now been doused, the Police sources told Ceylon Today ...

Voicing concern over attacks on Indian fishermen, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday asked the Centre to take urgent steps for retrieval of Katchatheevu ...

UPDATED - The strike action planned for today by a few Trade Unions affiliated ...

Three individuals alleged to have robbed money worth Rs. 650, 000 at gun point from two stores at the Meegoda Economic Centre in Padukka on 03 May, have ...