RAMANATHAPURAM: The Sri Lankan Navy seized a mechanised fishing boat and arrested three Indian fishermen from Rameswaram for alleged violation of the Internatio ...

In less than a month, we will be celebrating the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. It will be the the first under the National People’s Power (NPP) government. It is also the first time that a national ...

Former Commander-in-Chief and ex-President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s inadequate defence of the war-winning armed forces ...

In South Africa, food insecurity rates among university students range from 11% to 38.3%. With food prices soaring and ...

By Dinasena Ratugamage A group of 20 amputees from the Northern and Eastern provinces was taken to Chennai, India, on 5 March ...

Poverty in India is a complex and multifaceted issue influenced by a combination of historical, economic, social, and political factors. Several renowned economists and leaders have provided ...

Wetlands, which are Sri Lanka’s lungs and kidneys, are still in a deteriorating state despite several measures taken to restore them from ‘vanishing and reducing’. ..

The World Bank’s new mission is to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. The "Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet. Pathways Out of the Polycrisis" report evaluates progress ...

A poverty alleviation program across districts in Sri Lanka as envisioned by Dr. Sarath Seneviratne some 15 years ago is to commence by raising funds from local & international donors. Arun Siddharth ...

The world’s richest men are taking from the world’s poorest communities with deadly consequences. Right now, every $1 becomes $5 to fight for equality. Oxfam takes a closer look at USAID, an agency ...

But I think there could be a way to end this problem without affecting their business, in the interest of poverty-stricken ... staged a protest in Jaffna, opposing the illegal mechanised bottom ...

The General Secretary of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC), Nuwara Eliya District MP, Arumugam Thondaman called on the Chief Minister of the Northern Province, C.V. Vigneswaran at the latter’s ...