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LocalNelka MedegederaTags: Print EditionThe Supreme Court yesterday (Jan. 07) allowed the hearing of four Fundamental Rights petitions filed against the recent imposition of Emergency Regulations, curfews and the social media ban. The…

LocalSandasen Marasinghe and Camelia NathanielTags: Print EditionChief Opposition Whip MP Lakshman Kiriella informed yesterday that the Opposition will submit a proposal to Parliament to abolish the Executive Presidency. Joining the…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed a team of eminent economic and fiscal experts as Members of the Presidential Advisory Group on Multilateral Engagement and Debt Sustainability yesterday, the…

LocalTags: Print EditionSLFP’s senior Vice President Nimal Siripala de Silva said that the 20th Amendment enhances the executive powers of the President of the country and most of the time it is inequitable to the public. He said the…

LocalSandasen Marasinghe and Camelia NathanielTags: Print EditionNational People’s Power (NPP) MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said he was more concerned about his personal security than ever before. He said this in response to questions…

LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionThe National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has cautioned against children being present at places where public protests are held. NCPA Chairman Udayakumara Amarasinghe said it has drawn…

LocalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionCeylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) leader former Sate Minister Jeevan Thondaman said that CWC’s MPs will be independent in Parliament in future since the government has failed to address the…

LocalAsela KURULUWANSAA policeman fallen at the protest in front of the house. Picture by Asela Kuruluwansa.Tags: Print EditionFive police officers have been admitted to the Kandy National Hospital after being stoned by a group who had…

LocalTags: Print EditionState Minister Kanchana Wijesekera claimed that certain groups are attempting to damage property and endanger the lives of MPs affiliated to the government in the guise of peaceful protests. He requested the…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Foreign Affairs Ministry has initiated action to temporarily close down the Sri Lanka Embassy   in Oslo, Norway; the Sri Lanka Embassy in Baghdad in Iraq; and the Sri Lanka Consulate General in Sydney, from…