President?s Counsel Hemantha Warnakulasuriya passed away

Jackson Anthony’s son hits out at critics during funeral

Renowned Sri Lankan actor Jackson Anthony was laid to rest today during a funeral where his son hit out at critics who continued to spread false news about his father when he was critical in hospital. Speaking at the funeral, Sajitha Anuththara Anthony said that some people made false claims when his father was critical in hospital. Sajitha noted that one of the allegations was over the ventilator fixed on his father at the hospital. He said the ventilator was purchased by his family and frie

12 Oct, 2023

IMF does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not support providing subsidies to everyone in Sri Lanka. Krishna Srinivasan, Director of the IMF?s Asia and Pacific Department said that there needs to be targeted support to the poor and vulnerable in Sri Lanka. “We fully sympathize and understand the hardship faced by people in terms of falling wages, cost of living increases, and so on, and we’re fully sympathetic to that. But again, the program, we do have, , prices reflecting cost recovery. And

13 Oct, 2023

UN raises concerns over two Bills in Sri Lanka

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has raised?serious concerns over two bills under consideration in the Sri Lankan Parliament – the revised Anti-Terrorism Bill and the Online Safety Bill. The UN says the Bills give the authorities a range of expansive powers and can impose restrictions on human rights, not in line with international human rights law. “The Anti-Terrorism Bill is intended to replace the Prevention of Terrorism Act, which has long been of concern to the UN h

13 Oct, 2023