New York, Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Open Society Foundations today named Natalie Samarasinghe as their first global director of advocacy, as part of their drive to speak with a powerful ...

In 1998, when Rajee Samarasinghe was 10, his family left Sri Lanka—then in the middle of its multidecade civil war—for Irvine, California, where his youthful interest in illustration shifted to a ...

Minister of Plantation Industries Mahinda Samarasinghe may enjoy being tagged as the defender of Sri Lanka’s human rights record but unlike last year, the brief that was handed last week is an ...

The Film Independent Spirit Awards have given three $25,000 cash grants to emerging filmmakers Tony Yang, Rajee Samarasinghe and Tatti Ribeiro at its annual Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees ...

SLPP MP Namal Rajapaksa today (18) challenged Minister of Trade Wasantha Samarasinghe to step down from his ministerial portfolio if "he (Wasantha) fails to prove that I (Namal) took the law exam ...

Mount Lavinia Magistrate A.D. Chathurika De Silva has ordered the Colombo Fraud Investigation Bureau (FIB) to record statements from Deputy Labour Minister Mahinda Jayasinghe and newly elected ...

Right-arm leg-spinner Harith Samarasinghe impressed with a match bag of 12 wickets for Royal College in their annual mini cricket battle against traditional rivals S. Thomas’ College which ended in a ...

Mount Lavinia Magistrate A.D. Chathurika de Silva will deliver her order on June 16 regarding whether Trade Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe should be named as a suspect in a fraud case. The case ...

Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe assumes duties in office in the presence of Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranathunga, Transport Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, ...