The human rights situation in Sri Lanka improved during the first half of 2015, although some concerns remain, a British Foreign Office report said. The Foreign Office report on human rights said that following the […]
It’s official, there is no support to either the UPFA or its former leader and the country’s immediately preceding President by the island’s incumbent President. President Maithripala Sirisena who’s also the present Leader of the […]
The government of the SLFP and UNP headed by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had failed to take effective steps to put an end to ‘Rajapaksa political culture’, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna […]
By Akitha Perera The lid would be blown off many of the former government’s illegal operations within the next three months, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday. Addressing a UNP rally in Bulathsinhala, the Prime […]
The Special Statement of the President Maithripala Sirisena on the Current Political Situation 14-07-2015 at the President’s Office; This is the first time I am making a statement to the media since 21st of November. My […]
Refer Sri Lanka to International Criminal Court By Usha S Sri-Skanda-Rajah – Today we have more than a million people (and counting) wanting Sri Lanka to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC). That […]
We will not join an alliance now – Suresh Premachandran ? There have been rumours that the TNA would join the UNP alliance –The United National Front for Good Governance? A. No. We are actually […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Former President Mahinda Rajapakse of Sri Lanka, who was defeated in January, now has a chance to make a major political comeback after his successor cleared the way for him to […]
The Malwatte Chapter Mahanayake, the Most Venerable Thibbatuwave Siddartha Sri Sumangala Thera told Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga that, though the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) led governments had ruled the country for the last […]
How a Rajapaksa comeback would shake up Sri Lankan politics Sri Lanka’s wartime president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is set to contest in the August parliamentary election. But how would the return of the long-time leader impact […]
By Amrit Muttukumaru – This analysis is written in good faith in the interest of the country and the United National Party. Its objective is to demonstrate that all the brouhaha and panic in the aftermath […]
President Maithripala Sirisena’s speech on Tuesday could not have come at a worse time for the SLFP with a general election only four weeks away. He, however, made no revelations. The President only reiterated the […]
Corrupt and immoral political ethic requires drastic change By Saliya Pieris The famous American Senator Daniel Webster, though a courageous politician, was notorious for accepting gifts and favours from different people, so much so that […]
