By Nita Bhalla and Shihar Aneez JAFFNA Sri Lanka (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the fishing village of Oori, two mothers await news of their young daughters who were taken to a care home three […]
Two separate regulations for freehold and leasehold transactions By Ashwin Hemmathagama Our Lobby Correspondent New laws were passed yesterday in Parliament making necessary provisions to stipulate restrictions on the sale of land to foreigners. The […]
Senior politician accuses regime of nursing and nurturing brutal LTTE members Calls allegations against UNP Leader ‘outright lies’ LTTE enforced a boycott to ensure the defeat of an UNP candidate at the 2005 presidential election […]
JHU parliamentarian Athureliye Rathana Thera announced last week that his party would do everything in its power to defeat President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the forthcoming presidential election unless the Constitution was amended, curbing the powers […]
There is a common belief that the Jathika Hela Urumaya’s (JHU) days with the UPFA have now been numbered. People think that the JHU would quit the UPFA soon after announcement of the presidential election. […]
