By Prof.Rajiva Wijesinha M.P. There were many firsts in the election of President Maithripala Sirisena in Sri Lanka: An incumbent president was defeated; parties specifically representing different races and religious groups — the Jathika Hela Urumaya […]
Members of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have commended the new government’s decision to remove Maj. Gen. (Retd) G.A. Chandrasiri from the post of Northern Province Governor, and his replacement by a civilian, H.M.G.S. Palihakkara, […]
The US government has been accused of not giving access to information that is required to investigate the ‘white flag case‘. In an interview with the Foreign Policy magazine, Steven Ratner – a professor of […]
The Temple Trees Presidential Palace was in the control of the former Srilankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Now in these Temple Trees huge amount of money and jewelry is found yesterday. Apart from this new buildings […]
By all accounts, Asia’s oldest democracy stood at grave risk one week ago. The courage of a few public servants and military chiefs, who decided at the eleventh hour that the time was right to […]
By Don Asoka Wijewardena New Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne on assuming duties yesterday revealed that he had been appointed as Health Minister in keeping with a decision taken following a comprehensive […]
Several commodities banned from North and East The ban on foreign nationals visiting the former war zones have been lifted with immediate effect, the Ministry of Defence said. This decision has been taken at the […]
By Niranjala Ariyawansha The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday handed over a petition, to the Bribery Commission, against former Monitoring MP for External Affairs, Sajin Vaas Gunawardane, alleging that he had purchased five aircraft, to […]
An attempt to destroy a large stock of files containing information on former President and Minister of Finance Mahinda Rajapaksa, former ministers Basil Rajapaksa, Wimal Weerawansa, Rohitha Abeygunawardene and former prime minister D.M. Jayaratna’s Ministry […]
US Assistant Secretary of State Nisha Biswal said that the United States wants to work together with Sri Lanka for shared prosperity and to forge stronger bonds between the two countries She says with the transition […]
The British Government says it is ready to work with President Maithripala Sirisena and welcomed his early commitment to good governance and to working with all international partners. Lord Wallace of Saltaire, the spokesperson in […]
By Harim Peiris President Maithripala Sirisena‘s election victory at the head of the National Democratic Front (NDF), was an amazing democratic exercise of a beleaguered Opposition which only a few weeks before the elections, no […]
The third visit of a Pope to Sri Lanka is certainly important to Catholics here, and is also an event of historical importance in the relations between Sri Lanka and the Holy See. Apart from […]
MIA is an incredible artist, but she is not the spokesperson that Sri Lanka needs right now Sri Lanka isn’t the same island that MIA left behind many moons ago I’ve just re-watched MIA’s interview […]
COLOMBO (AFP) Sri Lanka’s new government Friday announced lifting a ban on foreign nationals visiting to the island’s former war zones and scrapped an economic embargo on minority Tamil regions. President Maithripala Sirisena, just a […]
