Photo courtesy of The Hindu The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka conducted the first national study on the treatment and conditions of prisoners from February 2018 to January 2020. The findings...

Photo courtesy of Progressive Women’s Collective From Lithuania, Italy, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other many countries the plea is the same: bring us home. From cities and villages across Sri Lanka...

Photo courtesy of The Hindu The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka conducted the first national study on the treatment and conditions of prisoners from February 2018 to January 2020. The findings...

By Indika Sri Aravinda There is a serious shortage of blood at the National Blood Bank because of the curfew in the Western Province, officials said today. Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service Dr. Lakshman Edirisinghe told the Colombo Gazette that the curfew in Colombo has prevented

May 13, Colombo: Acting External Affairs Minister of Sri Lanka Neomal Perera says there is a shortage of qualified personnel in the country's Foreign Service.

By Dinouk Colombage Sri Lanka’s diplomatic missions overseas are facing a shortage of qualified personnel according to acting Minister of External Affairs Neomal Perera. Speaking to The Sunday Leader Perera stated that with the expected opening up of new embassies in some countries the Ministry

The masses have reached a state that they no longer could bear the rapidly increasing cost of living. Today 53% of the population earns a petty income only enough for a single meal a day.Mahinda Rajapaksa regime, that has failed to protect sovereignty and dignity of Sri Lanka, has belittled the country before US imperialism and Indian hegemony; Imperialists have been given a leeway to interf...

Sri Lanka’s weekly tea auction has seen small leaf teas fetching low prices and the highly priced tippy varieties going unsold, as Iran, the main buyer of those teas is struggling to access foreign exchange. “This could be attributed to Iran’s lack of access to foreign exchange and other sanction measures”, added John Keells tea brokers ...

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank today further devalued the rupee by moving it up by 30 cents to set a conversion rate of 114.20 per dollar from Rs. 113.90 levels set yesterday, to reflect the government’s 3% devaluation. However the bank once again went back to the original position of Rs. 113.90 per dollar by around 1 ...

“The peace museums in Japan remind the present generation of mistakes that must not be repeated, and of suffering that must not happen again. I saw hundreds of school children come every day to those museums along with their school teachers” When the war ended in May 2009, it was the worst that was over, but ...

Oct 11, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena says that 47 state medical centers are closed in the country due to shortage of doctors while 20,000 Sri Lankan doctors are in service in foreign countries.

Maldivian government is inviting Sri Lankan firms to invest in that country. This invitation was made when the Minister of Economic Development of Maldives Mahmood Razee was in Sri Lanka recently. He was in the country to attend the AGM of the Sri Lanka Maldives Bilateral Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Razee addressing the members ...

A shortage of employees at Sri Lanka`s Central Mail Exchange has resulted in the accumulation of ove..

June 20, Colombo: A shortage of employees at Sri Lanka's Central Mail Exchange has resulted in the accumulation of over 20,000 registered letters unsorted.

By Tisaranee Gunasekara "….too many people desire to suppress criticism simply because they think that it will give some comfort to the enemy to know that there is such criticism. If that comfort makes the enemy feel better for a...

Minister of National Languages and Social Integrity Mr. Vasudeva Nanayakkara has instructed the Department of Official Languages to fully implement the official languages policy of the country.  The shortage of translators has adversely affected the implementation of the policy, and as a remedial

By Romesh Abeywickrema Long years ago some wise ancients, among them St. Ambrose, discovered that the best way to enjoy the then thriving city of Rome was to do as the Romans do, hence the yet widely used English proverb, ‘When in Rome do as the Romans do’ or as first attested in medieval Latin ...

By Dr. S. Narapalasingam PART I The baffling moves and actions on the political front of the potent government led by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, since the war ended conclusively mid May 2009 have been considered discretely by many analysts, ignoring...

By Austin Fernando In recent times there had been vast discussion on returning the displaced. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), media, Diaspora, diplomatic inquiries- especially from India- led these dialogues. When certain Tamil representatives gave evidence before the LLRC the internally displaced person’s (IDP’s) and refugees’ rights and plight became secondary ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe Hobbled by the loss of GSP+ and rising costs, top garment manufacturers are moving north to gain an edge with lower labour costs and fast tracking development in the process. Brandix Limited, Hidramani Limited, Timex Garments Limited,...

An Interview with SB Dissanayake by Chamitha Kuruppu Admitting the Government has launched a campaign to eliminate JVP-led student movements crippling the university system in the country, Minister of Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake points out such moves should not be...