Chief of Defense Staff comments on the recruitment of Jaffna youth into the Army
“The recruitment of more than 1600 Jaffna Tamil youth into the Sri Lankan Army during the last three months of
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WATCH : Minister Mahindananda comments on President’s phone call to MP Wijeyadasa
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage today responded to various allegations raised against the Colombo Port City Economic
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US police shooting: Chicago releases body cam footage of 13-year-old’s death
Chicago police have released graphic footage of an officer shooting dead a 13-year-old boy. Small protests were held around Chicago
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Former Sri Lankan Human Rights Commissioner petitions against Prevention of Terrorism Act
A Fundamental Rights petition has been filed by Sri Lanka’s former Human Rights Commissioner, Ambika Satkunanathan, in the Supreme Court against the expansion
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Sri Lankan Minister defends Hitler comparison as ‘personal opinion’
Responding to concerns raised over a government Minister’s call for Sri Lanka’s President to act more like Hitler, government spokesman
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G.L. and Bandula rush to Abayaramaya after Wijedasa slams the Government!
The Chairman of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris rushed to the Abayaramaya Temple
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Phone call from President: Wijeyadasa says he was threatened (Video)
SLPP MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe PC said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in a phone call on Friday (16) morning, had berated
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Saudi Arabia: Dozens of Sri Lankan women wrongfully detained for months due to abusive kafala system
At least 41 Sri Lankan women, the majority of whom are migrant domestic workers, have spent months on end arbitrarily
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Government trying to pass a bill to make the port city a ‘Chinese province’ – Anura Kumara Dissanayake, JVP
At the last election, the people of our country gave this government nearly 2 / 3rd majority in Parliament. At
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New Year Day atrocities: SriLanka navy attacked Mannar fishers in the sea
Fishers of the Mannar district were brutally attacked and humiliated by Sri-Lankan navy personnel in the mid-sea for three hours.
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