Tag: dinesh gunawardena
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...
Serious fraud behind the importation of luxury vehicles- Anura Kumara Dissanayake reveals
Letters of credit to import 227 luxury vehicles for MPs have been opened without the approval of the Cabinet and there is a huge...
Stratocracy dethrones democracy in Myanmar
In early hours today (1), the Myanmar military has taken over the control of the country, detaining the Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu...
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...
Young journos reach out to the HRCSL to intervene in the arbitrary arrest of...
(Akitha Wijayasinghe)
Sri Lanka Young Journalists' Association requests the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) to take immediate actions against the unjust arrest and...
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...
Questioning of Father Cyril Gamini by the CID continues over 5 long hours
(Nethmi Rajawasam)
Reverend Cyril Gamini Fernando who has been accused of defaming the Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS) Major-General Suresh Salley, arrived at...
Prison Protest Ends : Demands Remain Unanswered
(Nethmi Rajawasam)
The protesting inmates serving long-term prison sentences in the Welikada prison on 28th ended their month-long rooftop protest demanding the due reductions and...
Repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act to Meet International Commitments – Human Rights Watch
The Sri Lankan government’s pardon of 16 prisoners convicted under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), however welcome, does not address the urgent need...