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Sri Lanka s Government must take meaningful action to determine and disclose the fates and whereabouts of tens of thousands of people who have been subjected to enforced disappearance over the decades and hold those responsible to account, a UN Human Rights Office report released today (May 17) says. MORE..
17 May 2024 (3:10 PM)
The Ella - Wellawaya main road will remain closed for traffic from 8.00 p.m. today (17) until 6.00 a.m. tomorrow (18) due to prevailing inclement weather conditions, the Badulla District Secretary announced.
17 May 2024 (8:55 PM)
Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila has urged the government not to accept the appointment of U.S. President Joe Biden s nominee for Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Elizabeth K. Horst. MORE..
17 May 2024 (4:44 PM)
Twenty Indian crew members and a Sri Lankan are stranded on board the Dali, the container ship that collided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. MORE..
17 May 2024 (8:08 PM)
The verdict in the case against a Brigadier and three soldiers of the Sri Lanka Army, over the shooting to death of three persons and injuring 45 others during a protest by villagers demanding clean drinking water at Rathupaswala, Gampaha is scheduled to be delivered today (17) by a special three-member high court bench. MORE..
17 May 2024 (1:38 PM)
