By Anuradha Herath The leaders of the UPFA promised Vinayagamoorthy Muralidharan a.k.a. Karuna Amman that he will be given a National List seat, Muralidharan said. “Both Susil Premajayantha and Anura Priyadharshana Yapa confirmed that I would […]
By Zahrah Imtiaz In the North, the battle for supremacy is between the two Tamil parties: the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) which constitutes Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF), Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi(ITAK), Tamil Eelam […]
ECONOMYNEXT – Loyalists of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa staged an emergency meeting at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) headquarters Wednesday despite President Maithripala Sirisena vetoing it. The SLFP-led United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) defied […]
By Skandha Gunasekara Former Minister Mervyn Silva quit yesterday as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Kelaniya electorate Organizer and has been replaced by former SLFP Puttalam electorate Organizer Thilak Waragoda. In a letter addressed to […]
By Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne Parliamentary elections are slated to be held at a time when the people are faced with very serious problems. The previous government’s bogus development programmes took place under conditions of utterly servile […]
By Niranjala Ariyawansha Senior DIG Gamini Navaratne said Police had discovered plans by several powerful politicians contesting the forthcoming parliamentary elections to deploy underworld gangs to ensure their election victories. “I am unwilling at this […]
Hapless clients could be left in the lurch as donor funding to run Legal Aid Commission centres in the north dries up The work of the Legal Aid Commission (LAC) in the North hangs in […]
Who changed Maithri’s mind? Indian Premier Narendra Modi visited Sri Lanka after Maithripala Sirisena assumed the Presidency. He met Mahinda Rajapaksa too during that brief visit. Following that meeting, Mahinda displayed to his followers that […]
The first Buddhist monk to enter Parliament, Ven Baddegama Samitha Thera, is contesting from the UPFA. Meanwhile General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thera is contesting from the Bodu Jana […]
Southern Provincial Councillor Geetha Kumarasinghe said today the drug menace in the country could not be eliminated by refusing nominations to a few MPs charged with involvement in drug trafficking. She said there was no […]
COLOMBO: M.K.Sivajilingam, a leader of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), a member of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC), and the prime mover of the February 10, 2015 NPC resolution condemning “genocide” of the Tamils […]
Global Tamil Forum (GTF) Director for Strategic Initiatives and spokesperson, Suren Surendiran, recently fired a broadside at war – winning former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and the then Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. UK – based Surendiran […]
People want us to contest independently – Thavarasa ? Why did the EPDP decide to contest the election independently this year when you have contested with the UPFA all along? A. People have been telling […]
By Helasingha Bandara – The denial of nominations to Duminda Silva, Sajin Vass, Mervin Silva and Sarana Gunawardene is a false token gesture. The assurance of nominations for all other rogue elements means that Mahinda […]
As nominations closed earlier this week, the contours of the battle lines for the general election to Parliament became clear. The two major political formations in the country, the UNP and the UPFA are vying […]
