Rajapaksa calls for non-interference India can have the biggest political impact on Sri Lanka’s election, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has said, adding that he hoped India will not “meddle with” Sri Lanka’s internal political affairs. […]
From stretches of pristine coastline, to an archaeological museum and several churches built by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British, Jaffna has much to offer curious visitors. Below we have made note of the […]
FUNDS ALLEGEDLY USED FOR MAHINDA’S ELECTION CAMPAIGN Following the recommendations made by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Serious Acts of Fraud and Corruption (PRECIFAC), the Attorney General last week filed indictments against those who […]
Leader of the House and Minister Lakshman Kiriella yesterday told The Island yesterday that Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana, PC, had officially sought inquired from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) whether funds received by former President […]
Social Empowerment Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake today lodged a complaint with the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) against former president Mahinda Rajapaksa over the recent allegations revealed by the New York Times. The New York […]
SITUATION HAS TAKEN A TURN FOR THE WORSE FOR THE UNP GOVT IS COMPELLED TO CONDUCT POLLS IN THE NORTH BY DECEMBER NO CHANGES IN US POLICIES IN TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THEY TALK ABOUT GAMPeRALIYA WHEN ELECTIONS ARE NEAR I HAD ONLY A ROUTINE MEETING WITH US ENVOY ATUL KESHAP AGRICULTURE SECTOR IS IN TATTERS WITH NO FERTILIZER FOR FARMERS WILL DECIDE ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AT RIGHT TIME I WILL NOT DECIDE IT ON MY OWN; I GAUGE PUBLIC OPINION FALSE PROPAGANDA CARRIED OUT AGAINST US LAST TIME SOME SAY […]
The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is going to present its Voluntary National Review (VNR) during the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which will take place from 09 to 18 July 2018 […]
The Sri Lankan authorities must urgently take action against those threatening human rights defender Sandhya Eknaligoda, Amnesty International said today. Over recent days, Sandhya Eknaligoda, a distinguished campaigner against enforced disappearances and the wife of […]
Sri Lanka is sleepwalking into a Rajapaksa dynasty characterized by illiberal democracy, state-dominated inefficient capitalism and ethnic chauvinism, after a failed test of good governance by an unholy coalition of left and right wing parties […]
ECONOMYNEXT –A Chinese company paid $7.6 million for Mahinda Rajapaksa’s relection bid in 2015, the New York Times reported this week raising the possibe payments to more than six times what was originally thought. The NYT […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Chairman and top Joint Opposition spokesman Prof. G.L. Peiris on Monday (June 25) strongly opposed any special arrangement between the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government and the Northern Provincial Council […]
By Ranga Jayasuriya Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has skeletons though, may not be in his closet, but wherever white vans had dumped victims during his abduction prone tenure as the Defence Secretary. But, not even by a […]
US ambassador Atul Keshap has told ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa to look for another option as Gotabhaya Rajapaksa cannot contest the 2020 presidential election. Meeting him a few days ago at his Wijerama Mawatha home, Keshap […]
(Lanka e News -24.June.2018, 11.25PM) A ‘yellow murder mania’ which is a challenge to laws , justice and pristine Buddhism is most dangerously rearing its monstrous head across the entire country. This group of blood […]
Gotler Or Hitler, Two Sides Of The Same Coin By Vishwamithra – “Democracy; the fools have a right to vote. Dictatorship; the fools have a right to rule” ~Bertrand Russell The whole of Sri Lankan society, at least […]
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa would not have any difficulty to get former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga, who was alleged to have involved in MiG deal, to return to Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe […]
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), of which the Ilankai Tamil ArasuKatchi (ITAK) is the single largest constituent, appears to be heading for a split, with the Sampanthan and Wigneswaran factions failing to find a common […]
The work of Father Nandana Manatunga and his team has helped secure convictions against perpetrators of rape and torture Father Nandana Manatunga was awarded the 2018 Gwangiu Prize for Human Rights by South Korea’s May 18 […]
Let us not continue to be pawns in the hands of scheming individuals or institutions. Let us agitate in a systematic, organized way for Justice for our affected people. Let us move forward together to […]
H.E. Ambassador Miroslav Lajčák, Permanent Representative of Slovakia President of UN General Assembly(2017/2018) Your Excellency Sri Lanka is misleading the UN General Assembly Please share the following with all UN members: Sri Lanka Representative: ”Sri Lanka […]
