Category: Local News

Making the first overseas visit as the President of Sri Lanka, President Maithripala Sirisena left for India a short while ago for three-day official visit, the President’s Office said.

No monopoly should be allowed to be developed in the country states the JVP leader Anura Dissanayake. He states an economy should allow an economic procedure that ensures stable profits instead of extensive profits for the entrepreneurs.

Faiszer Musthapha, MP of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Azath Sally, Member of the Central Provincial Council, has asked President Maithripala Sirisena to appoint a commission to inquire into the “hate campaign and violence” against Muslims in the last four years and take appropriate measures to ensure that all Sri Lankans are protected.

The National Executive Committee has decided that only Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe can make statements on the controversial Colombo Port City project.

State Minister of Higher Education Prof. Rajiva Wijesinghe today said that it is “completely wrong” to bow down to pressure from groups and remove the UGC Chairperson, without even probing the allegations against her.

The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has appointed MP Susil Premajayantha as the National Organizer of the party.

President Maithripala Sirisena ordered to reinstate 10 military officers including a Major General who were sent on compulsory retirement after the 2010 presidential elections, military spokesman Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera said.

New Delhi must continue pushing Colombo towards the implementation of the 13th Amendment, senior Tamil leader R. Sampanthan said.

Sri Lanka’s foreign minister met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, and U.N. diplomatic sources said he pressed his government’s desire to delay the release of a U.N. report on alleged war crimes during his country’s civil war.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera Thursday met Secretary of State John Kerry at the Department of State for an hour-long discussion.

The government has decided to release lands extending to 1,000 acres in the Northern high security zones (HSZs) in several stages to civilians.

The CID has recorded a statement from former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today about the armouires maintained by Avant-Garde Security Services Limited and also the activities of Rakna Arakshaka Lanka Ltd.

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake on Thursday (12) challenged former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to submit the latter’s statement of assets and liabilities by Friday (13) morning.

A fire broke out in a building of Karapitiya teaching Hospital last night at around 11 p.m. and police said no casualties reported. Police says the building where the fire broke out is the canteen of the hospital.

The Illankai Thamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) led Tamil National Alliance (TNA) run Northern Provincial Council (NPC) has reiterated its call for a UN investigation into what it calls genocide committed by successive Sri Lankan governments since 1948, in spite of Mavai S. Senathirajah, General Secretary of both organisations, ruling out a wider UN role here.

CID has summoned MP Duminda Silva to appear at the CID for the third day for further questioning, Police said.