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Oman health: Free dental checkups for Sri Lankan school students

Tuesday, 18 October 2016 10:35

More than 3,000 students from the Sri Lankan School, Muscat will receive free dental checkups at a dental awareness camp organised by Al Essa Dental Clinic.

SL-Kashmir Study Forum condemns Indian atrocities

Tuesday, 18 October 2016 10:33

Kashmir Study Forum, Sri Lanka strongly condemned the killings of innocent Kashmiris by the Indian security forces in the Indian occupied Kashmir. The news flowing from the occupied Kashmir is disturbing.

Anti-corruption: A winning slogan, a great betrayal

Tuesday, 18 October 2016 10:31

President Maithripala Sirisena, in a recent hard-hitting speech, denounced the decision made by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) to take former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa and three former commanders to court and said that he had not known that there were such cases pending until that morning.

Accused politicians, officials of present govt. too, to be probed

Tuesday, 18 October 2016 09:10

President Maithripala Sirisena has instructed relevant officials to investigate politicians and officials of the present government, who are accused of fraud and corruption, irrespective of their positions.

COPE report on bond issue on Oct. 25

Tuesday, 18 October 2016 09:07

A COPE report that will have a crucial impact on the present government will be released on October 25.

Political figure’s relative seized Hingurakgoda hospital land

Monday, 17 October 2016 19:12

Both oral and written complaints against an illegal occupant of the land allotted for the official quarters of the regional health office of the Hingurakgoda government hospital have gone unheeded for around 20 years, says Polonnaruwa district director of health services Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne.

Thirukumaran released on bail (update)

Monday, 17 October 2016 14:48

Businessman Thirukumar Nadesan has been released on bail by Pugoda Magistrate D. A. Ruwanpathirana.

Counter Terrorism Act 'more terrifying' than PTA - DecentLanka2015

Monday, 17 October 2016 14:45

The draft titled "Policy and legal framework of the proposed Counter Terrorism Act of Sri Lanka" is meant to replace the much criticised and denounced Prevention of Terrorism Act (ACT) that infringes on basic human rights of the people, a collective of professionals - "DecentLanka2015" says.

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