CID to investigate students using mobile phones during exam

COPE expresses displeasure after SLIIT rejects summons

The Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) has refused to appear before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). The committee expressed its displeasure over the fact that even though the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology had been summoned before the Committee, it had informed the COPE through the ‘Julius & Creasy’ law firm that it was not legally obligated to do so. COPE has now decided that Julius & Creasy should be summoned to resolve the matter. The COPE comm

12 Jan, 2021

Pressure builds on China to release Uighur doctor Gulshan Abbas, who is sentenced to 20 years in jail

China has engaged continuously in silencing the voices of dissent under its oppression and the most recent name in this manhunt initiated by the Chinese government is Uighur doctor and rights activist from Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) Dr. Gulshan Abbas. China has sentenced Dr. Gulshan Abbas to 20 years in prison after branding her a terrorist. Abbas reportedly disappeared in 2018, shortly after her sister Rushan Abbas participated in a panel discussion on China and its internment cam

12 Jan, 2021

No PC polls till Covid situation improves

By Ashanthi Warunasuriya The Provincial Council (PC) elections will not be held until the coronavirus situation in the country improves. Cabinet co-spokesman Udaya Gammanpila said that party leaders in the ruling coalition had decided not to hold the PC polls based on the health situation in the country. He said that once the situation improves the Government will review the matter and decide. Last month the Government had said that it hopes to hold the Provincial Council (PC) elections befo

12 Jan, 2021