The TNA’s Batticaloa MP P Ariyanenthiran said in parliament on Friday that the new government will not be able to convince the Tamil diaspora of its intentions unless it takes meaningful steps to address Tamil issues. He […]
Minister of Resettlement, Reconstruction and Hindu Religious Affairs D M Swaminathan was today briefed on some issues over land freed by the army in Valikamam north in Jaffna. The Minister was told that in some areas people […]
Sri Lanka’s main Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has called on the Government to free Tamil political prisoners before holding a festival for the diaspora in Sri Lanka. Former TNA parliamentarian from […]
The former regime’s political stalwart MP Nimal Siripala de Silva expressed ‘concern’ when he asked last week in Parliament, whether the government had a mechanism in place to prevent the LTTE from raising its head […]
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena recently dissolved parliament. The election will be held on August 17; a new parliament will gather on September 1. Yet what happens next is still far from clear. To complicate […]
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena recently dissolved parliament. The election will be held on August 17; a new parliament will gather on September 1. Yet what happens next is still far from clear. To complicate […]
Leader of the Tamil National Alliance and former Trincomalee district TNA Parliamentarian R.Sampanthan said the international community has given first priority to the problems of the Tamil speaking community in Sri Lanka. Hence the Tamil […]
Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, who contested the presidential election under swan’ symbol promising he would, like the swan that separates milk from water, take legal action against all fraudsters and the corrupt, is now involved in […]
MAHINDA’s return to politics not a worry: Ven. Rathana Thera The National Council for a Better Tomorrow Chairman Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera said today they would not be worried if former president Mahinda Rajapaksa returned […]
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has finally agreed to nominate former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as a candidate at the August 17 general election under the betel symbol, a party leader said. UPFA General Secretary […]
Country more important than party, president assures at party leaders’ meeting! Meeting a short while ago the party leaders and citizens’ activists who contributed to his victory on January 08, the president assured them that […]
‘I want justice’ – Pulithevan’s wife speaks to Ceylon Today By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan The ‘white flag incident’ re-emerged when on Thursday (25), Kurinchi, wife of head of LTTE peace secretariat S. Pulithevan and son […]
GTF asks Tamils to back TNA By Mirudhula Thambiah Global Tamil Forum (GTF) Director Suren Surendiran said his organization urges the Tamil people in Sri Lanka to support the TNA in the upcoming parliamentary elections […]
Group of 36, including ministers and first SLFP dissidents to walk out with MS, make representations Argues SLFP cannot run clean polls campaign with former President and cronies on ticket Will consider ‘options’ if President […]
Sirisena’s dissolution of Parliament, which he had promised on April 23 after 100 days in office, comes 10 months before the term of the 225-member House was to end. In the normal course, elections were […]
JHU in limbo after dissolution Issues policy document as an extension of President’s January election manifesto The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) is now in a dilemma on how it should contest the forthcoming Parliamentary election. […]
Sri Lanka, a palm-fringed island in the Indian Ocean, is in the sixth year of peace. But as the country prepares for elections in August, the legacy of its long civil war still casts a […]
SLFP, JHU unhappy; Ganeshan and alliance gearing up for elections: by P.Krishnaswamy, Uditha Kumarasinghe and Dhaneshi Yatawara The dissolution of Parliament may have been long-awaited, but some major and minor political parties are not so […]
