UPFA decides to continue to boycott Parliament

Eleven alleged torture victims temporarily withdraw case on Gota in US

Eleven Sri Lankans who sued President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the United States for damages for torture have made the strategic decision to withdraw their case while Rajapaksa is President to prevent him from asserting immunity from prosecution. This move protects the victims? right to refile their case after he leaves office, the International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) said. ?Gotabaya won?t be President for life and though he may slip through the net now, one day he and those who aided a

05 Dec, 2019

UPFA MP Ranjith de Soysa has died

United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian Ranjith de Soysa has passed away. The Parliamentarian passed away while receiving treatment in Singapore. He was 57 years-old at the time of his death. The Ratnapura District Parliamentarian had served as the Chairman of the Rakwana Pradesheeya Sabha in 1997, Leader of the Opposition of the Rakwana Pradesheeya Sabha in 2002, Minister of Provincial Councils from 2004 – 2008.

04 Dec, 2019

Award winning Sri Lankan writer, poet Carl Muller passed away

Award winning Sri Lankan writer and poet Carl Muller has passed away, his family said in a statement today. The Gratiaen Award winning writer is best known for his trilogy about Burghers in Sri Lanka: The Jam Fruit Tree, Yakada Yaka and Once Upon A Tender Time. A statement from his family said: Carl Muller ? In memory of our father At two o?clock on the morning of the 2nd of December 2019, Carl Muller breathed his last. He had been suffering from dementia that was getting progressively wors

04 Dec, 2019