Mar 31 (CT) Most Ven. Thich Nu Dieu Xinh, the Chief Nun, of Tinh Xa Buu Son Temple Dinh Quan, Dong Nai, in Vietnam accompanied by Ven. Bhikkhuni Dieu Phap (Nhu) M� (Peradaniya Uni), along with Ven. Bhikkhuni An Dieu, an undergrad at the Buddhist and Pali University of SL, studying for her doctorate in Buddhism, were in Sri Lanka recently to donate Supplementary Food Packets among the cancer patients at the Apeksha Cancer Hospital in Maharagama and more..

Mar 31 (EN) Trade unions and professional associations who have been agitating against an IMF backed progressive tax hike will meet to discuss further union action after a letter to the president went unanswered. GMOA secretary Dr Haritha Aluthge said that the unions will meet as the self-styled Professionals� Trade Union Alliance (PTUA) collective which have so far been organising strikes and demonstrations demanding more..

Mar 31 (ICJ) The ICJ is concerned that the newly proposed anti-terrorism legislation, if adopted as currently formulated, will give rise to a panoply of human rights violations and, much as the existing Prevention of Terrorism Act, is open to misuse. On 22 March 2023, the govt of SL published the proposed 97-page Anti- Terrorism Bill (Gazette notification dated 17 March 2023), which, if adopted, would replace the PTA Act No. 48 of 1979. The Bill purports to do away with the provisions more..

Mar 31 (TM) Neither my father or I have anything to do with this Prophet Jerome or his church, says Dr Sachithra Weerasekera, son of SLPP MP Sarath Weerasekera. He said this while speaking to The Morning when questioned whether he had 'helped' Prophet Jerome Fernando in compiling Fernando's security team. "I don't even know who he is. I have heard about him, but that's about it. My father doesn't know him either and we have no affiliation with him or his church. more..