Idris Elba given Sierra Leone citizenship on first visit
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Idris Elba has been given citizenship of his father’s native Sierra Leone. The British film star landed in the capital Freetown on Wednesday...
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Citizenship Amendment Bill: India parliament approves controversial law
(UTV|COLOMBO) -India’s parliament has approved a bill that grants citizenship to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The bill passed the upper house...
Citizenship Amendment Bill: India tables controversial ‘anti-Muslim’ law
(UTV|COLOMBO) – India’s government has tabled a bill in parliament which offers amnesty to non-Muslim illegal immigrants from three neighbouring countries. The controversial bill seeks to...
Demanding Gota’s US citizenship renunciation: Monk begins fast
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Ven. Dr. Inguruwatte Sumangala Thera commenced a fast at the Independence Square in Colombo demanding to produce the proof whether Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna...
“No truth in rumors on Gotabaya’s US citizenship” – PC Ali Sabry
(UTV|COLOMBO) – Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa had legally renounced his citizenship of the United States, said President’s Counsel Ali Sabry. The...
UNP challenges Gota to clarify concerns over citizenship
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The United National Party (UNP) has challenged the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to make a clear statement pertaining to Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s...
Petition against Gotabaya’s citizenship moved to tomorrow
(UTV|COLOMBO) – A three-judge bench of the Court of Appeal has postponed further consideration of the petition against recognizing former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa till 1.30...
“Gotabaya has legally renounced US citizenship” -SB Dissanayake
(UTV|COLOMBO) – United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Parliamentarian (MP) SB Dissanayake says the Presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, former Secretary of Defence Gotabaya...
US census 2020: Trump retreats on citizenship question
(UTV|COLOMBO) – President Donald Trump will no longer pursue adding a question on citizenship to the 2020 US census questionnaire. Instead, he said he had directed...
Census 2020: Trump drops plan for controversial citizenship question
(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Trump administration has dropped a controversial plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, marking a major victory for civil rights...