Not the PM post, they should be in jail by now, says Chandrika Despite our lives are in danger, we will fight any battle for the sake of the country, former President Chandrika Kumaratunga said. […]
By Waruni Karunarathne The issue about Tamil political prisoners has remained a question for sometime now. Many Tamil political parties including the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) have been calling upon the previous government and even the present government […]
People will consign MR to the dustbin: Navin In a response to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s speech today, Tourism and Sports Minister Navin Dissanayake said people would reject Mr. Rajapaksa and consign him into the […]
COLOMBO (EconomyNext) – Sri Lanka’s business community and professionals organisations have thrown their weight behind calls for voters to elect only ‘candidates of repute’ and against those involved in frauds, violence and crime at forthcoming […]
UNP to hold talks with Fonseka on polls The United National Party (UNP) is to hold talks with Fie… While claiming they would contest alone at the upcoming General Election, Democratic Party Leader, Field Marshall […]
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 […]
By Ifham Nizam, reporting from Batticaloa More than 100,000 people of the Eastern Province, of some 600,000 persons categorized as the working class, do nothing for a living, which is one of the biggest stumbling […]
by Shamindra Ferdinando President Maithripala Sirisena has set the stage for an early general election, ahead of the next session of the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in early September. The UNHRC holds […]
Statement issued by President’s Media Unit Creates confusion within MR Camp MR likely to announce plan “B” today President Sirisena endorses proposal to accommodate MR MR initially agrees to consider offer to contest under SLFP […]
The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) said that they will be contesting the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on August 17 and will represent the Sinhalese community. BBS General Secretary Galagoda Aththe Gnasara Thero said that […]
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today broke his silence with regards to the August 17 Parliament elections and formally announced that he will be contesting the polls. Speaking in front of a large crowd at his […]
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s camp has confirmed that President Maithripala Sirisena has refused to name Rajapaksa as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). A United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) politician […]
The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) warned that the there were plans underway by the government, to sell areas of strategic importance to national security in the North and East, to a pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil […]
Initial cost of Rs. 13 b doubles due to massive mismanagement including Rs. 5 b EPF funds Former board had no formal meetings, contracts doled out with no tender procedure Rs. 300 m spent on […]
Present, Past Presidents & Care Taker Prime Minister Who will the climb to the top in the greasy polls after the cross pollinations in the nation after all these character assasination? The count down has […]
