Category: Local News

Seventeen out of total 29 Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) local government authorities’ members have pledged to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa at forthcoming Presidential polls, Udaya Gammanpila said. […]

The stage and decorations for a rally for the Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena at Wanduramba in Galle was sabotaged this morning by an unidentified gang. […]

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) said they would take legal action against the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), if its Deputy General Secretary, Nizam Kariapper did not retract his statement that BBS had said that there would be a repeat of the 1915 Buddhist-Muslim riots, if common candidate, Maithripala Sirisena came to power. […]

Six members of the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), including 4 local government members and a former UC Chairman, today pledged to support Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Election. […]

While seeking to extend the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the Indian Centre and the Tamil Nadu government told a tribunal that the banned outfit nurtures an idea of “greater Tamil Nadu, which includes the state of Tamil Nadu, part of Kerala, part of Karnataka, part of Andhra Pradesh and North-Eastern […]

A top level government delegation yesterday held talks with SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem in a bid to retain his support for incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s re-election bid at January 08, 2015 presidential election. […]

UNP Uva Provincial Council member Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi has decided to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the upcoming Presidential Election. […]

A Sri Lankan national wanted in India for allegedly plotting terror strikes at American and Israeli consulates in the country has been deported by Malaysia to the island nation notwithstanding India’s plea for his extradition to unravel key aspects of the conspiracy. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa paid his last respect to Squadron Leader Wasantha Abeywardena of Sri Lanka Air force who died in the recent plane crash at Hokandara. […]

The two main candidates in Sri Lanka’s presidential election have promised a violence-free vote, with Pope Francis scheduled to visit the country just days later, a church leader said. […]

Former Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) Deputy General Secretary, Udaya Gammanpila said that the country will soon be able to see who the majority of the JHU supports, hinting that there will be more crossovers in the coming weeks. […]

Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament Seenithambi Yogeswaran has said the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), an amalgamation of Tamil parties, will announce by this month-end its stand on the January 8 presidential elections. […]

The ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance has accused opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena of hijacking its Facebook account – but an opposition spokesman has defended Mr. Sirisena’s right to use the account. UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayantha has complained that the Facebook account is now being used by Mr. Sirisena for his election campaign and demanded […]

A committee, headed by SLFP General Secretary, Anura Priyadharshana Yapa, has been appointed to look into problems of ministers who are not seen contributing heavily towards the election campaign of the President. […]

CHENNAI: The Central Crime Branch police on Thursday arrested a five-member gang, including four Sri Lankan Tamils, in Madipakkam for stealing credit and debit card data and producing cloned cards to swindle money from accounts of card holders in foreign countries. […]

The switching of allegiance by the party’s Deputy General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila to President Mahinda Rajapaksa would not affect the JHU at all, Jathika Hela Urumaya General Secretary Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday. […]