Category: Local News

The Catholic Church Monday asked Sri Lankan authorities immediately to remove presidential election posters bearing the image of Pope Francis, who is scheduled to visit the island next month. […]

This is what happens when LTTE tiger cubs are adopted and given asylum in Canada. First they would start establishing ‘Eelam areas’, then they would begin to appoint ‘Eelam’ MPs fooling the Canadian voters and thereafter they would begin celebrating LTTE leaders birthday followed by comparing LTTE combatants to Canadian War Heroes. Canada must now […]

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to field Maithripala Sisirsena as the common Opposition candidate at the forthcoming Presidential Election had been signed by several political parties and civic groups today. […]

Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs M. Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday that the Sri Lankan government should give equal rights and opportunities to the Tamils by establishing a constitutional mechanism. […]

“In my Cabinet there are no Ministers who can be bought with dollars or pounds. The West is keen to see that the country is run by a spineless leader who is ready to dance to their tune. Certain countries want to create a puppet regime here. But, I must say that our people are […]

In May 1993 UN’s 1st war crimes court and 1st tribunal since the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals was created by the UN Security Council in accordance with chapter VII of the UN Charter. When ICTY officially shuts down in 2016 the UN should be questioned on the ruckus surrounding alleged claims of genocide, war crimes, […]

Sri Lanka’s opposition parties formally launched their bid Sunday to topple long-serving President Mahinda Rajapakse at January elections, with prayers and public meetings in the island’s old capital of Polonnaruwa. […]

Minister of Public Management Reforms Navin Dissanayake has resigned from his ministerial portfolio and said he had decided to support Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena in the forthcoming Presidential Election. […]

Minister Navin Dissanayake says he has resigned from his Ministerial portfolio from all positions held under the Government. […]

The Australian government has intercepted another asylum seeker vessel at sea and directly returned 37 asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities using a controversial fast-track screening process. […]

Opposition Presidential Candidate Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that he would protect the Rajapaksa family after winning the presidential poll on January 08. […]

United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) national list parliamentarian A.H.M. Azwer has resigned from Parliament today. His resignation was confirmed by Parliament Secretary General Dhammika Dasanayake. […]

Malaka Silva, the son of Minister Mervyn Silva, and six other suspects who were arrested on charges of assaulting a foreign couple at a nightclub, has been released on bail by the Colombo Magistrate Court. […]

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday said that his party would take its final decision within next few days as they were still having discussions with Opposition common candidate Maithripala Sirisena. […]

Many of the leaders President Mahinda Rajapaksa met for bilateral discussions on the sidelines of the 18th SAARC Summit offered their best wishes for his re-election bid at the forthcoming presidential election and expressed confidence on his victory. […]

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) PM Suresh Premachandran stated that TNA would support any candidate in forthcoming Presidential Election who would listen and be sensitive to the problems of Tamil people. […]