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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)
Nine Pakistani nationals, who were arrested on charges of smuggling a large cache of drugs, have been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Colombo High Court. MORE..
17 May 2024 (12:06 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)
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)
The Ella-Wellawaya road which was temporarily closed due to inclement weather conditions has been reopened for traffic movement. MORE..
17 May 2024 (10:52 AM)
