Less than 2% of university dons behind TU action - Higher Education Minister

Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake yesterday said that less than two percent of the university dons are behind the ongoing trade union action in universities while over 60 percent of the dons fully disagree with this stance based on personal political motivations.

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At UNGA sessions tomorrow:

Lanka to focus on post-2009 development

External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris is expected to highlight the progress Sri Lanka has made in the field of post-2009 development when he addresses the 67th UN General Assembly (UNGA) at its headquarters in New York tomorrow.

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Two batches of volunteers return home:

Change of Australian policies dims hopes for boat people

For thousands of Sri Lankans, especially for those in the North and the East affected by decades of terrorism, risking their lives for better opportunities was not something unusual. They opted to risk their lives to reach whatever destination they were told was better for their life, despite the obstacles they may have faced on the way.

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FUTA's unrelenting demands endangers students' lives

As the university teachers' trade union action appeared far from reaching an amicable settlement, with FUTA's unrelenting demands, nearly 270,000 GCE A/L students who sat for the examination last August and their parents look on in dismay and growing uncertainty at what was unfolding.

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