Politics Port city to get going by June
Will kick start with work on International Financial Centre | President to declare Port City part of Sri Lanka in gazette issue Work on the International…
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Politics Cross-talk in P’ment over expiry of UNP-SLFP deal for Coalition Govt.
Opposition lawmakers questioned the validity of the unity Government agreement, which was entered by the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom…
Politics Sri Lanka to develop policy framework for beauty culture industry
Sri Lanka seeks to develop a policy framework for beauty culture industry, in order to ensure the expansion, development and further uninhibited expansion and…
Politics Coping with the primacy of power politics
President Maithripala Sirisena’s application to the Supreme Court to obtain its opinion on the length of his term came as a surprise to the general public, and…
Politics Bond scams: JO cranks up pressure on President, PM
Chairman of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday demaded that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe step down temporarily to ensure a…
Politics Local administration experiences bitterest period under current rule: Basil
That itself is enough to unseat this government this time There is no competition from UNP President did unconstitutional things right after election to office…
Politics GMOA contests SLMC election to upset Health Minister’s agenda
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) said yesterday its members would contest the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) election today (23) to defeat…
Politics Ravi to make special statement on Bond issue
UNP Assistant Leader and Colombo District Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake will make a special statement in Parliament regarding the Central Bank Bond issue…
Politics Postal voting for Local Government elections commenced today
Postal voting for the upcoming Local Government elections commenced today(January 22) at 9 am in Election Offices, District Secretariats and Police stations.…
Politics JVP READY TO BECOME THE RULING PARTY - ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE
The real challenge for the JVP is to appear as a political party able to rule the country moving away from its rebellious past, said, the Leader of the Janatha…
Politics No consent yet to Singapore FTA; professional groups say
Professional groups in Sri Lanka, engaged as key stakeholders in discussions with the Government on proposed Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with India, China and…
Politics CEB employees to get arrears
The government is to provide the best solution to the salary anomaly issue of the Ceylon Electricity Board employees and pay the arrears at the first possible…
Politics Over 40,000 postal vote applications rejected
560,000 applications for postal votes have been received from public servants for the LG polls on February 10 but 41,000 of them have been rejected as they…
Politics Gang rapists of Thissamaharama girl were Sajith’s henchmen
It is reported that the three suspects who were arrested for an incident of gang-raping at Konewalana Grama Seva Division in Thissamaharama had been directly…
Politics Govt says committed to reform Muslim marriage law
The Government of Sri Lanka says that it remains committed to reform the minimum age of marriage for girls under the Muslim law, with the active participation…
Politics Three new flyovers
The Government plans to construct three more flyovers at Kirulapone and Kohuwala in the Colombo District and at the Yangalmodara Railway crossing on.......the…
Politics ‘Enterprise Sri Lanka’ to be launched in March
Govt. to disburse Rs. 60 b through state and private banks Treasury sets aside Rs. 5 b to reimburse interest to banks Fifteen loan schemes in agriculture,…
Politics Sri Lankan tea farmers want glyphosate herbicide ban overturned
ea farmers in Sri Lanka want their government to reauthorize the use of glyphosate for agriculture. The country is one of only five in the world to ban the…
Politics Bonds from 2008- 2014 needs further probe
PM INFORMS PARLIAMENT : Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he intends to discuss with the Parliamentary Public Finance Committee Chairman shortly, about…
Politics Tense situation in House, set up by Govt: CaFFe
The tense situation that prevailed in Parliament was a deliberate act created by the government to sabotage the parliamentary session on the bond report…
Politics Intervenient Petitioner says President can continue till 2021
Anti Corruption Front Chairperson Ven. Ulapane Sumangala Thera yesterday sought Supreme Court’s permission to intervene into President Maithripala Sirisena’s…
Politics Thuggery and obscenity: the order of the day – Parliament degenerates into madness
https://youtu.be/qgr1MI2-81Y https://youtu.be/EitSu8tHcFM The hallowed Chamber of Parliament once again turned into a rowdy arena with Members throwing…
Politics I am a genius- US President Donald Trump
Donald Trump has rejected doubts over his mental health raised in a new book, describing the book as “fiction” and the author as a “fraud”. His remarks…
Politics Candidate eligibility to be assessed -Deshapriya
The Elections Commission says the eligibility of candidates fielded by political parties and independent groups for the Local Government Election will be…