In the fast-evolving digital era, public libraries have risen to the occasion, transforming into virtual gateways and reshaping how communities engage with information. The National Library of Sri Lanka, inaugurated in 1990 too has transformed, incorporating Artificial Intelligence in its user interface and database programmes to catalogue books.
Four female employees of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) engaged in demining operations in Thunukkai area in Mankulam in the Mullaitivu District had been seriously injured in an accidental explosion of an anti-personal mine believed to have been buried by the LTTE before its decimation in 2009, the police said. The injured were aged between 39 and 43 years.
Officials from the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL), the Election Commission, Department of Prisons, and election monitoring bodies have come together to address challenges related to prisoners’ right to vote, the HRCSL said in a statement.
The Colombo District Court yesterday issued an enjoining order preventing Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara from circulating defamatory statements against Parliamentarian Velu Kumar on social media and other public platforms.
The Nuwara Eliya Magistrate’s Court yesterday (05) ordered that a house at the Henfold Estate in Lindula, which has been illegally occupied by State Minister of Education Aravindh Kumar since 1987 be handed over to the plantation authorities.
Claiming that the Sri Lankan market is too small for entrepreneurs and industrialists to survive in, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said that an NPP government will establish trade embassies in the African region to find emerging markets there.
Member of the Executive Committee of Jathika Jana Balawegaya Samantha Vidyaratne said after Leader of the JJB Anura Kumara Dissanayake comes to power immediate steps would be taken to withdraw privileges granted by the government to former Presidents and their families.
SLPP’s Presidential Candidate, Namal Rajapaksa said that the other three leading candidates - Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake came with serious, troubled pasts, but he was the only candidate who did not have any such allegations.
Resentment brews within the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) over the decision by the party’s Central Committee to back Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa in the absence of some its leaders such as former MP Mavai Senathirajah and S. Sridharan. The Central Committee that met in Vavuniya on Sunday decided to back Mr. Premadasa while a section of the party insists on supporting common Tamil candidate P. Ar
In response to the surge in online financial fraud involving foreign nationals, including Chinese nationals, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has sought assistance from Chinese Special Criminal Investigation Unit officers for investigative support.
Ahead of the presidential poll, in an apparent move to ensure that Indo-Lanka bilateral cooperation on national security is not compromised under a future government, visiting Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met with four main presidential candidates - President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa, National People’s Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake
The Election Commission has released guidelines for voters on how they should cast their votes in the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election scheduled for September 21, 2024. With more than three candidates in the race, voters will be allowed to choose their top three candidates in order of preference.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe pledged to initiate a modern dialogue, which will be named the ‘Gen Z Dialogue,’ under which the ideologies of new generations will be used to guide the administration of the nation. “We will set up youth centres at the national, provincial, and district levels, and will entrust the responsibility of initiating the Gen Z Dialogue through the National Youth Council,” the President said while addressing the natio
Claiming that the promise to increase government employees’ salary by Rs. 25,000 is an utter lie, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday the National People’s Power (NPP) would provide government servants with salaries proportionate to the cost of living every six months.
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