Sri Lanka today rejected the draft resolution which was tabled before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) seeking to extend the mandate of Resolution 51'1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka. MORE..
9 Oct 2024 (11:33 PM)
Former Member of Parliament Ranjan Ramanayake has formed a new political party named the "United Democratic Voice" (Eksath Prajathanthravadi Handa). MORE..
9 Oct 2024 (3:24 PM)
A search operation conducted by the Navy and Police Special Task Force (STF) has led to the arrest of a suspect with around 600,000 capsules of a prescription drug, commonly abused for intoxication, which were being transferred to sell. MORE..
9 Oct 2024 (11:57 PM)
A Sri Lankan photographer has managed to win the prize in the "Behaviour- Mammals" category at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards 2024 held in London s Natural History Museum. MORE..
9 Oct 2024 (1:47 PM)
The Court of Appeal has ordered that a petition filed seeking an order be issued to the National Police Commission to take disciplinary actions against the former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Nilantha Jayawardena, to be taken up on November 13. MORE..
9 Oct 2024 (7:54 PM)
The breakdown of human relationships and the increased isolation of individuals in modern society are significant contributors to rising suicide rates, says Prof. Mohamed Mahees of the Department of Sociology at the University of Colombo. MORE..
9 Oct 2024 (5:15 PM)