Quality of private university degrees under scrutiny: PM
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, on Saturday, said that a fresh review would be conducted of the quality of degrees…
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Ex-parte injunction against AAC vacated
Colombo District Judge Sandun Vithana recently issued an order vacating the ex-parte injunction previously granted against Automobile Association of Ceylon…
Liquor traders slam Excise Commissioner for skipping Tax Week Awareness event
Retail liquor traders expressed frustration after the Excise Commissioner General and other top officials failed to attend an awareness programme…
Mujibur alleges LG Commissioner, WP, engineered NPP win
SJB MP Mujibur Rahuman, who spearheaded the party’s campaign, told The Island that the LG Commissioner had been bent on…
SC appointment: AKD withdraws his nominee, SJB to raise issue in House
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has withdrawn the nomination of Court of Appeal Judge M. T. Mohamed Lafar to the Supreme…
CMC mayoral showdown today
The Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) faces a mayoral showdown today after weeks of political horse-trading, tense negotiations and allegations of…
BTF wants Geneva HR chief to visit Mullivaikkal
The British Tamils Forum (BTF) has written to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urging him to…
Iran-Israel conflict: Lankan woman suffers minor injury
In last Friday’s Iranian retaliation to Israeli missile barrage on Iranian nuclear facilities, one Sri Lankan woman, residing at Bat…
Entire global South stands behind Palestine and Iran says CP
The Communist Party of Sri Lanka has condemned in the strongest terms the Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran. The CP…
Cardinal slams govt. over Easter Carnage injustice
Colombo Archbishop Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has found fault with the incumbent government for failing to fulfil its promise to bring…