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Civil society activist slams proposed amendments to rape law reducing age of consent to 14

COLOMBO, March 26 -- We the undersigned individuals from civil society, including women's rights activists, scholars and professionals, who have worked extensively on violence against women and girls ... Read More


NLU Meg schedules admission tests in Colombo for aspiring Sri Lankan students

COLOMBO, March 14 -- National Law University Meghalaya (NLU Meg) has invited aspiring Sri Lankan students for Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and PhD programs for the academic year 2024, marking a signif... Read More


Gotabayal s Conspiracy: A call for majoritarian mobilization ahead of national elections

Sri Lanka, March 12 -- Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's opus, 'The Conspiracy to Oust Me from the Presidency', published in English and Sinhala, was launched without much fanfare last week. Intim... Read More


21.9% reduction in electricity tariff effective midnight Monday

COLOMBO, March 5 -- The Public Utility Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) announced it had approved the reduction in electricity tariff by 21.9% with effect from midnight Monday (4). In an across-the-bo... Read More


OSA, ATB and a question of faith in the Speaker

Sri Lanka, March 4 -- Is the government genuinely committed to replacing the much-criticized Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) which has been in place for 45 years with a more progressive law? This qu... Read More


Mobile Interactive Exhibition on Women's Empowerment initiatives opens in Kurunegala

KURUNEGALA, March 2 -- Acting High Commissioner of Australia to Sri Lanka, Lalita Kapur and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, Azusa Kubota attended... Read More


A new enemy for the Sinhala Buddhist nationalists

Sri Lanka, March 1 -- Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist forces have once again begun exploiting anti-American and anti-Indian sentiments with an eye on the approaching presidential election. Though the l... Read More


Capacity building program for Sri Lankan civil servants commences in India

COLOMBO, Feb. 27 -- Forty senior civil servants from Sri Lanka are participating in a two-week-long capacity-building program that got underway in Mussoorie, India on Tuesday (27). Organized by the N... Read More


India begins construction of 1,300 houses for plantation workers

COLOMBO, Feb. 20 -- The fourth stage of the Indian Housing Project, 'Bharat-Lanka' which will see the construction of 1,300 houses for plantation sector workers in 45 estates across 10 districts was l... Read More


Iranian Foreign Minister in Sri Lanka on Monday

COLOMBO, Feb. 18 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Hossein Amir Abdollahian will arrive in Sri Lanka on Monday (19), on a three-day official visit on an invitation ex... Read More