Several intervening petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court supporting SLPP MP Premnath Dolawatte’s Private Members’ Bill that decriminalise same sex consensual relationships. The intervening petitioners have submitted that if the proposed Bill is enacted by Parliament that it will remedy a long-standing injustice against the LGBT community.
Sri Lanka was ruled for almost three decades by a trio of father, mother and daughter, Prof. Charitha Herath said responding to former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga’s statement on the country becoming a failed state. Former President Kumaratunga recently said that Sri Lanka was a country which ranked well on social indices at the time of independence, but has now regressed and become a failed state.
On a commemorative plaque, it is mentioned that the two-story structure was constructed as part of late President Ranasinghe Premadasa’s decentralization of administration initiative, and was inaugurated on 29th October 1992 by the then Minister of Home Affairs, Amara Piyasili Ratnayake. Even the
The Special Determination petition filed challenging the constitutionality of the private member’s bill submitted to parliament seeking to amend Sri Lanka’s penal code, with the aim of protecting the country’s LGBTQI community, is to be heard on April 20 by the Sup
The first batch of 100,000 toque monkeys could be heading for test labs in China, Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), Hemantha Withanage said. He said these monkeys could be used for experiments and testing of cosmetic products and medical experiments.
US-based international travel influencer Juliana Broste, a 12x Heartland Emmy Award- winning travel filmmaker and host, showcasing adventures and fun things to do around the world, recommended Sri Lanka to be listed as one of the best places to visit in 2023 and as a result of her continuous effort, Sri Lanka has been listed on the Forbes list as one of the 23 best places to visit in 2023.
More than Rs. 70 million in revenue was collected from expressways on April 15th and 16th Road Development Authority (RDA) Project Director L.V. Sardha Weerakoon said. He said a total of Rs. 70,558,100 was collected from vehicles that used all expressways on April 15 and 16. Accordingly,
Though the Sinhala and Tamil New Year was celebrated on April 13 and 14, rituals related to the celebrations continue to be performed for several days, Accordingly, the ‘Hisa Thel Gama’ (oil anointing ceremony) where a specially prepared herbal oil is anointed on the head at an auspicious time is one such ritual. This year, this ritual was conducted on Sunday at various places. Here V
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