Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila stated that the USD 267 billion worth of oil and gas resources hidden in the Mannar Basin could generate three times the total debt of the country. The Minister stated the aforesaid at the Consultative Committee on Energy held in Parliament today (07). The Minister further stated that although investors […]
Sri Lankan media organizations asked the government to Provide relief to Afghanistan journalists seeking asylum. In a letter that they had sent to the Foreign minister and the Media minister, mentioned the current situation facing Afghan journalists. Here is their letter. We, as the Media Organizations Collective in Sri Lanka, have been paying close attention […]
The new batch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) arrived in Sri Lanka on the 12th of August 2021, 40th anniversary of the JICA Volunteer Program in the country. This also marks the recommencement of the Volunteer program after two years and four months of halted operations due to the Easter Sunday attack in April […]
Courtesy of IFJ The military’s brutality is a daily reality for all the people of Myanmar. As Myanmar’s army prepares to deploy and reinforce its bases with hundreds of extra troops, the country’s media workers remain exposed to Covid-19 and under extreme threat, writes Phil Thornton. Myanmar’s military leaders used its armed forces to launch […]
The government has taken steps to shut down the country as the Delta strain of the Covid 19 global epidemic spreads rapidly. At the request of various parties, including the trade unions. The closure for the next 10 days from August 21, 2021, has now been extended to September 06. It is clear that the […]
Elderly COVID-19 patients with no immediate caregivers stranded in elders homes. Mobile vaccination services not reaching the most vulnerable and elderly. Those who are barely able to walk or see or even talk asked to come to vaccine centers. Who will take them? How will they be taken? Where are the needed resources? What is […]
Official resources saying, 45 artists who participated in Kandy Katharagama temple Perahara are affected by covid 19. After RAT tests of 75 artists, it had found. Yesterday 21st of August, at the end-of-day ceremony, they faced a test, and organizers asked them to leave from Perahara activities. National hospital staff of Kandy and Kandy MC […]
Mahanayaka Thera of Asgiri and Malwathu temples requested the prime minister, and president to close the country completely for two weeks or so to control the spread of the Corona virus. Following is the letter sent to prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksha today.
Covid-19 infected journalist, Keerthi Waranakulasuriya, the security correspondent of the Divaina newspaper, who escaped from the Kalubowila hospital, has been admitted to the National Hospital by the police. Residents of the Riched de Zoysa housing complex told ejournalist that a police team and health workers who arrived at around 7pm yesterday (08) took the journalist […]
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the unlawful means undertaken by the police to arrest leaders of organizations and trade unions who have been campaigning for public issues affecting the people and for their trade union concerns. This unlawful act only serves to stifle public dissent on issues affecting them by instilling a wave of […]
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