Fifteen years after the eradication of the LTTE, unsubstantiated allegations regarding the number of dead civilians, LTTEers and missing persons persist. Forced disappearances, as alleged by the UN, remains a major issue, with the concerned demanding accountability on the part of Sri Lanka. How many of those who had been categorized as missing are living […]

Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, PC, said that Sri Lanka would work with India, irrespective of who wins its election. Lawmaker Sabry said so when ANI asked him about the ongoing elections in India. ANI quoted Sabry as having said: “It’s a celebration of democracy, the largest democracy in the world. Indian people are educated. Indian […]

SJB member Rehan Jayawickrema yesterday (21) filed a contempt of court application before the Supreme Court against unseated State Minister Diana Gamage, alleging she had committed the offence of contempt of court through her statements at a media conference held on May 9. Former Chairman of the Weligama Urban Council, Rehan Jayawickrema, in his petition […]

…demands truth and justice for all war victims Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard has alleged that a slew of new laws such as the Online Security Act and the proposed NGO law were evidence of the dangers currently confronting Sri Lanka’s vibrant civil society. Callamard said so at the conclusion of her five-day visit […]

By Ifham Nizam   The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is set to host the inaugural rally and public meeting of its new political alliance on 08 June at Ambalantota, in the Hambantota District. The event has been organised by Mahinda Amaraweera, the Minister of Agriculture and Plantation Industries and the Senior Vice President of […]

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has sought an explanation from IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon regarding the recent arrest of four persons over them commemorating the death of people and the LTTE’s defeat 15 years ago. The HRC said that it had launched a suo motu investigation into the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of […]

Wednesday 22nd May, 2024 Elections are the season of bounty for politicians, with funds pouring into their campaign war chests from all over the world. The approach of a presidential election has made moneybags loosen their purse strings, causing a feeding frenzy among politicians with an insatiable thirst for funds. One of our columnists, in […]

The government plans to initiate two pilot projects, the Temporary Agricultural Electric Fence and the Village Electric Fence, to protect villages and farmlands experiencing significant elephant-human conflicts.

Acting Finance Minister Shehan Semasinghe announced plans to introduce two significant bills to Parliament on Wednesday (May 22), aimed at bolstering the country s economy.

සමගි ජන බලවේගයේ නායක සජිත් ප්රේමදාස පාසල් දරුවන් ඉදිරියේ රුපියල් ලක්ෂයක් ගණන් කරමින් ප්රචාරාත්මක කටයුතුවල යෙදීමේ අලුත්ම ක්රමයක් පිළිබඳව වාර්තා […]The post සජිත් පාසල් දරුවන්ට සල්ලි ගණන් කරන්න කියා දෙයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

Four ISIS terrorists were arrested in Ahmedabad yesterday, days after the city airport received a bomb threat. The terrorists - believed to be Sri Lankan nationals - were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad after a tip-off.

ජූනි මස 06 වෙනි දින සජිත් ප්රේමදාස සමඟ සංවාදයට තමන් සූදානම් බව අනුර කුමාර දිසානායක දින නියම කිරීම තුළින් සමගි […]The post අනුරගේ පිළිතුරෙන් සජිත් හොල්මන් වෙයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

රනිල් වික්රමසිංහගේ ප්රචාරක කටයුතු වෙනුවෙන් ලබන මස 16 වෙනි දින රැලියක් පැවැත්වීමට පාර්ශව තුනක් යුහුසුළුව කටයුතු කරන අතර සිව්වන පාර්ශවයක් […]The post රනිල්ට 4 වෙනි මුක්කුවත් අටවයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

Only Matheesha Pathirana (US$ 120,000) elicited any sort of high level bidding war at the Lanka Premier League player auction held in Colombo today (21).  The other two highly priced signings – Isuru Udana (US$ 100,000) and Karim Janat (US$ 80,000) – seemed to suggest sides placing a premium on squad composition. Though the Udana […]

ඉරාන ජනාධිපති ඊබ්රහිම් රයිසි, විදේශ අමාත්ය හොසෙයින් අමීර් අබ්දුල්ලාහියන් සහ අනෙකුත් රාජ්යතාන්ත්රිකයින්ගේ හදිසි වියෝවීම් පිළිබඳව, අද (21) දින පස්වරුවේ ඉරාන […]The post අනුර, ඉරාන ජනාධිපතිගේ අභාවය පිළිබඳ ශෝකය පළ කරයි appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

ෆීල්ඩ් මාර්ෂල් සරත් ෆොන්සේකා සම්බන්ධයෙන් සමගි ජන බලවේගය විසින් ගොනු කර තිබෙන ප්රතිශෝධන පෙත්සම සලකාබැලීම සඳහා ජුනි මස 05 වනදා […]The post ෆොන්සේකා – සජිත් ගැටුම… වාරණ නියෝග – ප්රතිශෝධන පෙත්සම් විභාග… appeared first on Lanka Truth | සිංහල | Latest and Breaking News from Sri Lanka.

Young Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana became the most expensive player ever in a Lanka Premier League (LPL) auction Tuesday when he was grabbed by Colombo Strikers for a record $120,000.