by Rajan Philips It was intended to be an astrologically choreographed presidential coronation,but it is turning out to be anything but, even as astrology is finally being put in its place by political uncertainty and […]
Sri Lanka’s largest Muslim political party on Sunday defected from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to support the opposition candidate in the January presidential election. The announcement by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress on Sunday will be […]
With the SLMC’s decision to pledge support to the Common Opposition, the ruling party has lost the support of 8 MPs, 13 Provincial Council members and 163 Local Government members. Therefore, a total of 184 […]
An all-party splitting poll The Presidential Election of 2015 will certainly go down as one of the most entertaining and unpredictable campaigns in the history of democracy in Sri Lanka. Quite frankly, no-one knows who […]
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has decided to support Opposition Common Candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the forthcoming Presidential Election, Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem announced a short while ago. Speaking at a press conference in […]
Dr. A.C. Visvalingam On account of the unwarranted diffidence of Sri Lankans when it comes to asserting their constitutional rights, the Citizens’ Movement for Good Governance (CIMOGG) has found it necessary to assert repeatedly over […]
(Lanka-e-News-27.Dec.2014, 11.30PM) The Rajapakse family had planned to flee the country in the event their conspiracies are unsuccessful . One of the conspiracy is to cause a bomb explosion in Colombo on the 6 th […]
“President Rajapaksa’s chief opinion pollster – who is a good contact of the embassy on other issues – shared with us the first findings from their initial survey. These initial responses indicated that potential voters […]
Kilinochchi Old Woman Scolding Presidential Commission COLOMBO (EconomyNext) – President Mahinda Rajapakse was the last to release an election manifesto, but the delay may have been deliberately designed to get his main rival Maithripala Sirisena’s […]
By Camelia Nathaniel Transparency International has brought to the notice of the Elections Commissioner a programme to distribute religious attire (Sil Redhi) amounting to Rs. 1000 Million across the Island in a manner that supports […]
TNA to support Maithri in Jaffna By Ananth Palakidnar The Tamil National Alliance is expected to announce its support to the Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena, at his first meeting, scheduled to be held in […]
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress has decided to support Common Opposition Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena as the majority of party members are in favour of the candidate, SLMC sources said. According to these sources the […]
