Department of Examination has received nearly 40 complaints from G.C.E (A/L) examination centers island wide on examination rule violations. Most of them are copying the answer sheets by the candidates and investigations have already started.
A group of senior UNP ministers have decided to meet President Maithripala Sirisena and request him to appoint a special Presidential Commission to investigate attempts taken to divide the Malwatte Chapter of the Siyam Nikaya during President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government, party sources said.
The Society of Information Technology Professionals (SITP) yesterday stressed the need to mobilise the masses against the implementation of Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India.
Boycotting work is one of the trade union rights of workers and the government is trying to deprive the university non-academics of their democratic right by issuing a threat that they would be considered as those who vacated their posts unless they report to work immediately, the Workers’ Struggle Centre has stated.
Actress Diane Kruger who was in Sri Lanka on a spiritual stay according to the Daily Mail recently posted pictures of her stay in the island. The actress, who has returned to the US on Thursday, appeared at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York for her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Demands for taking back Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka, constitutional status for Bhojpuri, setting up of a Project Rhino, resolution of Mhadei river water dispute were among several issues raised in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
A French charity urged the Sri Lanka’s government to hold a credible investigation into the killing a decade ago of 17 of its staff. The head of Action Against Hunger (ACF) said it was time for Sri Lanka to act on its promises as she visited the island to mark the 10th anniversary of the Read More
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg accompanied with a delegation of seven arrived in Sri Lanka on vacation, Norway News reported. Sri Lanka and Norway have enjoyed a longstanding relationship for more than 60 years.
After deteriorating during the early part of President Maithripala Sirisena’s tenure, Sri Lanka’s relations with China appear to be on firmer footing as both sides continue to iron out differences over Chinese investments in the island country.
Sri Lanka’s pioneering nationwide programme to save its damaged mangrove forests is bearing fruit a year on, prompting the U.S. conservation group backing it to look for another island country to launch a similar effort.
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