National policies must be implemented in a way that every Sri Lankan citizen can access essential services in their respective mother tongues as well as in sign language, Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has emphasised.

She also called on all factions to strive to create a space where language does not create division, but a medium that unites...

The recruitment of 5,000 police personnel will take place promptly to fill the existing vacancies in the Police service, the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs, Ananda Wijepala said in Parliament.

The gazette notification in this regard has been published and applications are being accepted at present, the Minister of Public...

Foreign tourists are trickling back to China after the country loosened its visa policy to unprecedented levels. Citizens from 74 countries can now enter China for up to 30 days without a visa, a big jump from previous regulations.

The government has been steadily expanding visa-free entry in a bid to boost tourism, the economy and its soft power....

The Supreme Court has ruled that police had violated the fundamental human rights of two farmers after the duo was arrested and subsequently remanded over a protest staged in 2018 along the Polonnaruwa-Mahiyanganaya road.

The protest was organized in opposition to the authorities’ inaction in preventing wild elephants from invading villages.

Accordin...