Leaders of twelve small parties including Wimal Weerawansa met for a discussion on the effects of his statement that Gotabaya Rajapaksa should be made the leader of the SLPP.
He made this statement to a Sunday Sinhala newspaper effectively sending...
Tamil leaders call for a Referendum in the North and East to resolve Tamil National Question
Tamil political parties and civil society leaders have written to the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to refer Sri Lanka to the...
Attorney General Dappula de Livera has requested the Chief Justice to appoint a trial-at-Bar to try former Minister Ravi Karunanayake, former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran and nine others in connection with the second Central Bank bond issue took...
Colombo, February 11: Long admired in India for their educational and professional achievements, Indian Americans have now got another feather in their cap - they have become politically relevant both in the US and India.
The political ascendency of Indian...
The Court of Appeal yesterday further extended its Interim Order directing the Secretary General of Parliament (SGP) to maintain status quo (maintain existing state of affairs) regarding the parliamentary seat of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Gampaha District Parliamentarian Ranjan...
The Supreme Court yesterday further extended its Interim Order preventing Commissioner General of Prisons and Welikada Prison Superintendent from executing any prisoner consequent to a death warrant signed by former President Maithripala Sirisena.
This interim order will be effective until...
Petitioner moves to withdraw the petition as Police files B report in Court
Fundamental Rights petition filed seeking an order directing the police to take necessary action against former LTTE armed group leader Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Amman over...
US ambassador in Twitter message has queried as to why Colombo Based media failed to give an adequate coverage to the priests march organised by the Tamils speaking people of the North and East
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PM tells Parlaiment
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday told Parliament that burial rituals according to the Islamic faith can be allowed for Muslim Nationals who succumb to Covid 19
.The Prime Minister was answering a question raised by SJB Parliamentarian S.M...
Speedy dispensation of justice vital
The Attorney General has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to expedite all matters connected to criminal investigations and that of drug related cases.
In a letter addressed to the IGP on the 9th instant...
Government to buy Fertilizer to be distributed in April
The government has awarded three tenders after competitive bids to provide Chemical Fertilizer to Lak Pohora and Colombo Commercial Fertilizer Ltd to supply fertilizer at the beginning of April.
Accordingly the Swiss...
Special security provided to TNA Parliamentarian M A Sumanthiran has been withdrawn.Sources close to Mr Sumanthiran said that the.security was withdrawn from Sunday evening.
Sumanthiran played a key role in organising the protest march of the Tamil speaking people from Eastern...
