Image: Samantha Power speaking at the event to mark 30 years of Parliamentary Politics of Minister Mangala Samaraweera. (@MangalaLK)
Full text of the speech delivered by...
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has made an initial announcement in parliament that the new Leader of the Opposition would be former president Mahinda Rajapaksa of...
Image: Left groups wants Sirisena to be prosecuted for political coup he staged. (c)S.Deshapriya..
As a year of political upheaval and economic stagnation is winding...
Image: Jaliya W. and Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Political Correspondent/ ECONOMYNEXT .
Dec 24, 2018 ,
Sri Lanka’s October coup that brought former president Mahinda Rajapaksa briefly back to...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Members of Sri Lanka's Parliament on Tuesday questioned whether Mahinda Rajapaksa, who recently quit as prime minister, can hold...
Image: 24 day peaceful protest against Sirisena's constitutional coup came to an end with the news of Rajapaksa's resignation.(c)S.Deshapriya.
But Sri Lanka’s biggest worry is...
Image: Sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister ending 51-day political crisis. | Photo Credit: Reuters.
Meera Srinivasan .
Mr. Wickremesinghe was sworn in by...
Image: The court took exception to the Attorney General claiming that the president had “plenary executive power -- a royal prerogative power which is subject...
Sri Lanka media organisations so far failed to defend the freedom of expression rights of three prominent rights activists who are being investigated by...
Image: A UNP member of the Dehiowita Pradeshiya Sabha Sujith Chandana was caught on tape assaulting.
Media Release /2018 December 15.
The Free Media Movement vehemently condemns...
Image: A protester at the on Sathyagrahaya against the dissolution preparing fire crackers just before the SC decision on 13 Dec 18. (c) S.Deshapriya.
Meera...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's United National Front expects appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe to be re-appointed Prime Minister while their opponents said a decision will be...
Cartoon: Courtesy of The Morning.
President Maithripala Sirisena’s implied criticism of the Sri Lankan judiciary when speaking at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) convention...
Image: In the event of the President’s unwillingness to abide by the norms of democratic practice, the government will face both domestic and international...
The European Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka (ECCSL), the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) and the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in...
Image: US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Alaina Teplitz .
New Ambassador says global trust, confidence and reputation of SL at stake with political impasse causing serious...
Image: A civil society initiative, Rise Up has mobilized citizens against the #CoupLK.
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena was hailed as Sri Lanka’s Mandela by...
At the very moment the political conspiracy was committed with the mediation of President Maithripala Sirisena, the JVP resolved that the political conspiracy would...
3RD DECEMBER 2018.
Lawyers for Democracy Response to Mahinda Rajapakse’s Misleading Statement made in the wake of the Supreme Court case.
Lawyers for Democracy expresses its...
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Filing an application for mandates in the nature of Writ of Certiorari and/or Prohibition and/or Mandamus Under and in terms...
In a letter addressed to Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission, the recently formed Civil Society Collective for the Rights of FTZ Workers has requested...
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16 October/WarOnWant) Sri Lanka’s worst Covid-19 outbreak has originated from a Brandix garment factory: 1,036 employees and 361 of...
