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Sri Lanka’s highest court has shot down a government bill seeking gender equality, arguing it could set a legal precedent for the decriminalisation of homosexuality and same-sex marriage, parliament said Tuesday. The three-judge bench of the Supreme Court ruled the..

That legislation in its entirety is illegal and contrary to the unitary status –Gen Dias The full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution portends massive risks and, therefore, those political parties and alliance seeking to woo Tamil speaking..

From September 2006 to 2024 (18 years) Sri Lanka was sent 6 envoys 4 of whom were female. The 7th envoy is to be another female. The 2 males were Robert Blake (2006-2009) and Atul Keshap (Aug 2015-Jul2018) We will leave..

India is set to wield greater influence in Sri Lanka as its companies flock to sign deals with the heavily indebted island nation in sectors ranging from energy to maritime logistics, even as some analysts question their commercial viability. Among the recent high-profile..

India must address the issue of dwindling Hindu population in predominantly Buddhist Sri Lanka with utmost concern. The recent EAC-PM report on the changes in share of population of religious minorities across countries between 1950 and 2015 states that the..

The Government of India on Tuesday (May 14) extended the ban imposed on the now-defunct Sri Lankan militant group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), for five more years. According to Indian media, The Hindu, the ban has been..

Air Belgium (AB) planes are leased out by Sri Lankan (UL) Airlines and they are to operate with a mix of AB and UL crew to service routes covered by UL AirlinesUL Pilots and crew were allegedly given only economy..

Lakshanth Selvarajah, 27, (left) and Akshayah Tharmakulenthiran, 25, both of Ajax, are facing dozens of charges, including fraud over $5,000 and unauthorized use of credit card. A man and woman are facing 40 charges after Durham Regional Police allege they..

Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, the Archbishop of Colombo, has reportedly sent a written request to the Vatican for an extension of his service until justice for the victims of the Easter Sunday massacres is completed, according to reliable sources in the..

A woman had been  aassulated and tortured with eggs attacks by the pro- LTTETamil terrorists diaspora in France. The woman has been a critics of LTTE Tamil terrorism in France. There are vast  numbers of former LTTE Tamil terrorists  in..