The person in the photo is Chanu Nimesha, Sri Lanka’s first openly transgender person who contests a parliamentary election.
She represents the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka and contests for the Kegalle district.
Chanu Nimesha was an activist of the #GotaGoHome campaign in 2022.
“I will continue the fight, but in a different way,” Nimesha told EFE Comunica website.
The Meterology Department requests the general public to take adequate precautions to minimize damages caused by lightning during thundershowers as the atmospheric conditions are favorable further for afternoon thundershowers in most parts of the island. Showers or thundershowers will occur in the most parts of the island after 2.00 p.m. Showers or thundershowers may occur…
According to reports from the Food and Agriculture Organization, 600 million people fall ill each year due to the impact of unsafe food, and 420,000 die annually. In Sri Lanka, the Food Act of 1980 and the Sri Lanka Standards Institution play a significant role in food regulation. However, due to the inadequacies in food…
In an internationally widely observed and landmark visit to Sri Lanka, the Iranian President Dr. Ibrahim Raisi yesterday renewed his country’s further support to the progress of the Indian ocean nation. In a whistle stop but highly secure tour to Sri Lanka, President Raisi inaugurated the $ 514 million worth ‘Uma Diya Janani’ multi-purpose development…
A Brazilian court has decided to uphold an Italian court’s rape conviction for the former Milan and Brazil striker Robinho, and that the former star player must serve his nine-year prison sentence in Brazil. The trial in Brazil’s superior court of justice (STJ), the country’s top court for non-constitutional matters, had a majority rule that…
In the face of an escalating climate crisis, the call for ambitious action has echoed across the globe. Recognizing the urgency of the situation, President Ranil Wickremesinghe of Sri Lanka introduced the Tropical Belt Climate Ambition Plan (TBCAP) at the UN Climate Summit in September 2023. This bold initiative aims to transform the highly biodiverse…
The effort of the March 12 Movement, a civil society collective, to bring presidential candidates onto one platform and share their visions and hopes with the general population was successful in its second round. All six of the presidential candidates who had been scheduled for the debate participated as expected and shared their visions and…
