EPDP is a strong supporter of the President Mahinda Rajapaksha who is very unpopular in North for killing more than 40,000 Tamil Civilians in month of May 2009 alone. Due to the Presidential election to […]
At least 126 people, mostly children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an Army-run school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, officials say. Five or six militants wearing security uniforms entered the school, officials […]
More desert UPFA for Maithri By Zahrah Imtiaz and Rathindra Kuruwita Eight Local Government councillors, from the United People Freedom Alliance (UPFA), crossed over to the common Opposition yesterday (16) to extend their support to […]
As the Rajapaksa regime pulls out all stops to prevent further erosion to the opposition, the Colombo Telegraph can now exclusively reveal details about the money bags behind stopping defections from the ruling UPFA coalition. […]
By Thambu Kanagasabai – The next Presidential Election has pitted two candidates both belonging to the same party, Sri Lanka Freedom Party. One is sitting and the other a choice from circumstances, arising from the […]
Khuram Shaikh was shot and stabbed to death on Christmas Day in 2011 while on holiday in the southern tourist resort of Tangalle University bosses have named a new clinic in memory of a former […]
By IDSA By Gautam Sen Sri Lanka’s presidential elections are to be held on January 8, 2015. President Mahinda Rajapakse will be up against his former Health Minister, Maitripala Sirisena, who defected from the ruling […]
Crowded out’ UPFA councillor joins Sirisena LiyanageAmarakeerthi University of Peradeniya The Common Candidate MaithripalaSirisena (MS) is not just a person. He is a symbol as well. Different people have different interpretations of this symbol. […]
by Shamindra Ferdinando JHU General Secretary Patali Champika Ranawaka, MP, says the LTTE rump should be asked whether it had received payment from the then Premier Mahinda Rajapaksa Camp in the run-up to Nov. 17, […]
SB should apologize from all Sri Lankan women – Rosy UNP MP Rosy Senanayake says that the controversial statement made by Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake regarding former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is the biggest […]
Grappling with conscience at the crossroads of crossovers The time has come to underscore once more that the outcome of the presidential election on January 8 will not be determined by members of parliament regardless […]
Hakeem prohibits members from leaving country by Shamindra Ferdinando A top level government delegation yesterday held talks with SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem in a bid to retain his support for incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s re-election […]
The BJP, the Indian government’s main political party, stressed that those responsible for committed atrocities against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka “must be brought to justice”, in a meeting with a delegation of the […]
