Electricity power sector caught in a whirlwind of impromptu decisions as the...

(By Abdul Rahuman) It is quite catastrophic that a decision was made to shut down the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL), which is...

Students with special needs starve amidst an ongoing court case

(By Shalika Wimalasena | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) Due to the arbitrary intervention of the Department of Social Services, the functioning of the Sri Sudarshi...

Lawyer flags a move to sell prisoners’ labor to Avantgarde?

(By Shalika Wimalasena | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) Senaka Perera, Attorney-at-Law, Chairman of the Prisoners' Rights Protection Committee, stated that under the Prisons Ordinance, prisoners'...

Truth behind the construction of a road through Flood Plains National...

(By Sara Attanayake | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) Environmentalists are strongly opposing the decision to build a wide road in the middle of the Flood...

Truth behind Lankagama Road exposed following cabinet decision

(By Shalika Wimalasena | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) Although the government has repeatedly stated that the widening of the Neluwa-Deniyaya road through Lankagama, which affects...

Was Dilith given special clearance to import rapid antigen kits?

(Tharindu Jayawardhana | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated on a number of occasions since March that the infected need...

Prageeth Ekneligoda- 4000 days without justice!

(By Shalika Wimalasena | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) Journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda went missing two days before the 2010 presidential election. That was on the afternoon of January...

Law and its structure: Duminda Silva’s freedom

(By Tharindu Jayawardhana | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) The Sunday Times reported that a group of parliamentarians signed a letter demanding a presidential pardon for...

Makadure Madush ; killed at the place that made him a...

(By Tharindu Jayawardhana | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush, who was being questioned by the CID on a detention...

20A and attempts to limit Auditor General’s powers ; A look...

(By Shalika Wimalasena - Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution has proposed a number of critical changes that affect the fiscal control,...

Uma Oya project: A silent disaster raging under the radar

(Akitha Wijayasinghe) Bandarawela is famed for its climate and the spectacular scenery. It's quite hard to find someone who wouldn't love to be there. But...

Makadure Madush ; killed at the place that made him a monster

(By Tharindu Jayawardhana | Translated by Akitha Wijayasinghe) Samarasinghe Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush, who was being questioned by the CID on a detention...

Six policemen to guard retired DIG

The Mount Lavinia Police have deployed six police personnel to guard retired DIG Ashoka Wijetilleke, a member of the Police Commission, according to police...

Truth behind PM’s revelation on Kadirgamar assassins

Senior lawyers point out the statement made by Prime Minister Mahinda Rapajaksa claiming that all suspects of the assassination of assassination of eminent Foreign...

Young man in police custody dies: Relatives blame the Batticaloa police

Relatives of a 22-year-old man who died when in Batticaloa police custody is accusing the police of murder. The young man, 22-year-old Chandran Vidushan, was...

The Narrative of Hejaaz Hisbullah : Victimhood of Gota’s Easter mastermind drama

(Tharindu Jayawardhana) It has been 04 years since April 14th, when lawyer Mr. Hejaaz Hisbullah was illegally arrested as the mastermind of the Easter Sunday...

Vanishing Millions : The Hidden Tale of Sri Lanka’s Debt Trap (Part 01)

(Tharindu Jayawardhana) The Sri Lankan government and government agencies undertake many projects each year by securing foreign loans. Some projects are long-term, large-scale endeavors, while...

500 Indian fishing trawlers in the North Sea; silence from the government, leaving...

(Tharindu Jayawardhana) Reginold is a fisherman who has been battling sea waves for twenty years while carrying out his job. He is currently facing a...

Increasingly fenced in Rambaken Oya Milk Farmers hope for indigenous land

(Nethmi Rajawasam and MediaLK Team) Increasingly fenced in Rambaken Oya Milk Farmers hope for indigenous land The milk farmer settlers of Galwala Yaya in Rambaken Oya,...

Petrol prices: LP 92 43.9% increase from Jan 2019 price

(Nethmi Rajawasam) The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased the price of petrol (LP 92 Octane) by Rs. 20, from Rs. 157 to Rs. 177...