Opposition Activists Attacked In Hambanthota Election Violence Election monitors have accused local government politicians of being behind some of the most serious incidents of election violence, while police have also confirmed at least 10 Pradeshiya […]
International Observers (IO) visiting the country to monitor the presidential election will require a ‘special clearance’ along with a recommendation from the Elections Commissioner, to visit the Northern Province for monitoring purposes, Military spokesman Brig. […]
The NGO One Text has conducted a survey on the upcoming presidential election. According to the survey, President Mahinda Rajapaksa is said to be leading with 57.62% of the vote while common candidate of the […]
Sri Lanka’s president ruled out giving Tamils greater political power, appearing to back away from his long-stalled promise (13+ Amendment) to empower the ethnic minority as part of the country’s reconciliation process following a bloody […]
Police attack on a group of civilians lead by Ampitiya Sumana Ratana Thero , in B’loa who were proceeding to hand over a petition to the President. A group of civilians including Buddhist priests led […]
In yet another devious act of state resource exploitation parents, teachers and students have been summoned to schools by the Education Ministry to participate in various abruptly organised ‘openings’ despite the schools remaining closed for […]
[TamilNet, Friday, 19 December 2014, 23:35 GMT] Colombo-based parliamentarian of Tamil National Alliance (TNA), M.A. Sumanthiran, who visited Batticaloa on Thursday challenged the SL president Mahinda Rajapaksa to release the purported ‘secret agreement’, signed between […]
Mass Murder Committed By Karuna The Sunday Leader of 9th January 2014 published an article on the first page under the caption IPKF Head Slams Karuna. The former IPKF Intelligence Corp. head Col. R.Hariharan had […]
The Tamil diapora has been widely discussed by the government during its election campaign. One of the concerns raised by the government is an alleged attempt by the pro-LTTE diaspora to divide the country and […]
by Rajan Philips The second week after nominations saw stark contrasts developing in the campaigns of the incumbent President and the common opposition candidate. President Rajapaksa, the acclaimed populist of the ordinary people, took to […]
Bathiuddin, Sri Ranga in fisticuffs at Temple Trees; Hakeem faces dilemma, but SLMC’s stance matters little to Muslims; Rajapaksa manifesto tomorrow Sirisena manifesto attempts to please all major partners in constitutional changes, but questions over […]
