A new World Bank report has recommended multi-prong strategies to help women gain employment and then continue to thrive in the workplace in order to
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High Commissioner thrashes Canadian Tamil MP’s distorted account on Sri Lanka
Ahmed A Jawad, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Canada slammed Canadian Tamil MP Gary Anandasangaree’s misleading and factually inaccurate article, titled ‘Sri Lanka’s military aren’t
Sri Lanka’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review
Sri Lanka’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time in
Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visits Sri Lanka
A delegation from the Canadian branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is in Sri Lanka for a three day visit. The multiparty delegation’s presence will
UN ensures Sri Lankan peacekeeping troops have no allegations of human right abuses
The United Nations says it screens the Sri Lankan troops committed to peacekeeping operations to ensure that they have no allegations or records of human
Sri Lanka responds to media report on allegations of torture by government, assures investigations into the claims
Sri Lanka, today responding to an Associated Press report which alleged that dozens of Tamil men were raped and tortured by the government, stressed that
US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor funds nearly $ 500,000 grant for promoting religious freedom in Sri Lanka
The United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Tuesday announced an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications
European Parliament delegation concerned over Sri Lanka’s slow progress in implementing reforms
A delegation of the European Parliament is currently visiting Sri Lanka to review the progress on national reconciliation and its implementation of the