Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will contest 24 Local Government bodies in the Vanni Distinct, fielding 341 candidates, Minister Susil Premajayantha said yesterday. Addressing a press conference at SLFP Head Quarters, he added that the […]
COLOMBO GAZETTE Key briefing on Sri Lanka at UNHRC by rights chief set for March 21 < http://colombogazette.com/2017/12/28/key-briefing-on-sri-lanka-at-unhrc-by-rights-chief-set-for-march-21/ > TAMIL GUARDIAN Dhinakaran pledges solidarity with merged North-East, says Sumanthiran < http://www.tamilguardian.com/content/dhinakaran-pledges-solidarity-merged-north-east-says-sumanthiran > CEYLON TODAY Army releases 133 acres in […]
The North and East Students have performed poorly as per the A/L results. The Jaffna Hindu College students who have released good results in the passed has shown poor results this year. The diaspora Hindu […]
Lanka News Web yesterday reported that ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa and MP Wimal Weerawansa had a heated exchange of words. We have the details. Normally, Wimal does not argue with Mahinda. But, two days ago, he […]
http://lankanewsweb.net/news/item/7699-governor-s-wife-threatens-to-do-it-for-hindus Sampur villagers are angered by the wife of the eastern province governor who scolded and threatened a group of Hindus in the presence of state officials and tarnished Tamil cultural symbols at a religious […]
A 300 day protest staged by a group of Tamil villagers from Mullaitivu demanding that the army vacate their 133 acres home land at Keppapilavu in the former LTTE stronghold Mullaitivu had been brought to an […]
On the eve of his R.K. Nagar byelection victory, T.T.V. Dhinakaran had a chance meeting with Sri Lankan Tamil leader M.A. Sumanthiran, when he enquired about the current situation of Sri Lankan Tamils in the […]
The funeral of Jaffna Naga Viharaya Chief Incumbent and Northern Province Chief Sanghanayaka, the late Most Ven, Meegahajandure Gnanarathana Thera was held at the Jaffna Mutraveli park on Saturday with the participation of Maha Sangha and the […]
State Minister for Child Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran (Jaffna District MP) has claimed that the Tamil community wouldn’t have lost their leader Velupillai Prabhakaran if they had voted for UNP candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe at 2005 presidential […]
MP Namal Rajapaksa says he is a supporter of the SLFP, not the SLPP, and that he well knows what the SLPP is. He has told his closest friends recently, “Father says he is not […]
Outspoken and an Honest Ex Chief Justice of Sri Lanka and the current Northern Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran is known to be the most popular Tamil living in Sri Lanka today and is the most […]
by C.A.Chandraprema The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s woes with the nomination lists continued in the second round as well though at a lesser level than during the first round. The biggest blow to the fledgling […]
BY GAGANI WEERAKOON Unblemished diplomatic relations maintained between Russia and Sri Lanka have reached a threatening juncture, allegedly, due to a beetle which was said to be found in one carton carrying famous Ceylon Tea. […]
Considering Sri Lanka’s battle-scarred history, provoked in good measure by the politics of language, news of a Telugu-speaking candidate contesting polls would seem unlikely. However, a careful look at the past shows us the layers […]
ECONOMYNEXT – President Maithripala Sirisena, who is at loggerheads with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP), has strongly hinted at a possible split of their coalition mid-way of its five-year term. The President […]
(Lanka-e-News – 21.Dec.2017, 11.35PM) The sale of the valuable land of the Amy headquarters for a paltry sum of Rs. 125 million dollars by the deposed most corrupt Rajapakses based on their sudden decision has […]
No sex please, we’re Sri Lankan There is no gainsaying my assertion that Sri Lankans are prudes when it comes to sex, especially sex outside of marriage. Whether on Galle Face Green or in Peradeniya […]
Why Is Sri Lanka Defying the United Nations? Sri Lanka’s strategy of defiance, denial, and delay might be designed to evade the charge of genocide. Lately, Colombo has intensified its defiance of UN resolutions calling […]
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena once again reiterated his opposition to foreign judges being involved in an accountability mechanism for violations of international law, blaming “NGOs affiliated to the LTTE” for calling for international involvement. […]
We have not sold anything but only leased out. If you take Hambantota after seventy years we will become the major share holder The inflows of foreign investments are increasing. The export sector is also […]
