Category: Local News

For the first time in the history of Sri Lanka’s Parliament, its workforce is planning to stage a token strike, informed sources said yesterday (4).

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that the former government used the TID and the CID of the Police to find terrorists, but the incumbent government is using those agencies to ‘chase after political opponents’.

The Ministry of Finance has taken measures to immediately purchase 12,000 Metric Tons (MT) of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as a remedy for the LP gas shortage currently in the market.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Presidential Candidate of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), stated that he will complete everything that is said in his manifesto during his tenure as President.

“In modern democracies, Presidential candidates fearlessly debate their policies at impartially moderated debates,” points out NDF Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa in his formal letter inviting SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa for a live televised public debate on policies.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that New Democratic Front candidate Sajith Premadasa had not reached any secret agreements with Tamil political parties.

Sri Lanka’s election commission chief on Sunday backed down from plans to censor a state-owned TV station following criticism that his actions were supporting the main opposition candidate at this month’s presidential polls.

Parliamentarian Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka says all steps will be taken to ensure national security within the country.

The presidential front-runner of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says it is only his government that is capable of guaranteeing the security of the country.

The New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa has said that the law provides for the President to appoint the person who commands the confidence of Parliament as the Prime Minister.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$164 million for Sri Lanka.

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that he believes the people want to change the political culture of this country.

People should defeat the two main political camps that have been deceiving them for a long time, National People’s Power Presidential candidate and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.

A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition has been filed in the Supreme Court yesterday against the signing of $480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant agreement.

The New Democratic Front (DNF), led by the UNP and the Organisation to Protect the SLFP, led by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, joined 30 political parties and over 28 civil society organisations to form the Democratic National Front (DNF) coalition, in a bid to ensure the victory of the DNF Presidential candidate, Minister Sajith Premadasa.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will challenge Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa who speaks about national security to make a public statement explaining their stand on the recent bombs attacks made by the ISIS outfit.