Himal Kotelawala.
ECONOMYNEXT – Political scientist Prof Jayadeva Uyangoda likens Sri Lanka’s powerful ruling party to a house with a very wide roof and no...
Image: The child’s home, a ramshackle shack. (ST)
This week, a small child died of malnutrition in Tissamaharama at the same time that Sri Lanka’s Parliament...
Minister Speaks: The Sunday Times responds.
We thank Minister Malik Samarawickrama for confirming our story. He should have announced it long before the Sunday Times...
Civil Society activists are up in arms against the appointment of former Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka Director General Anusha Palpita as an...
( PM Wickremesinghe and Maduluwawe Sobhitha Thero singing the agreement)
(SLB)
Civil society groups which singed agreements with the Maithipala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe respectively as...
(Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, now an MP-elect of the Kurunegala district, chats with Ranil Wickremesinghe during Friday’s simple ceremony where he (Wickremesinghe) was sworn...
SCENARIOS: Possible scenarios for Sri Lanka's parliamentary polls
ECONOMYNEXT - In a scenario analysis by our political correspondent on the 2015 parliamentary polls, the United National...
(After the shooting, Lankadeepa photo)
At 11.30 am today (31 July 2015), shooting was reported at Bloemendal Road in front of the St. Benedict College...
The United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) released their manifestos this week, outlining their plans for the...
By Upul Kumarapperuma
The Roman Empire was plagued by coups, conspiracies and wars nevertheless it was the most formidable Empire in Europe.
Julius Caesar became one...
Broad political front to protect 'January 8 mandate'.
CBK to make special announcement next week CBK to make special announcement next week:
Several UPFA stalwarts decided...
(Rauf Hakeem announcing the decision)
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has decided to contest on the UNP ticket at the upcoming general election, SLMC...
Seeking support from all the communities in the country to form a new government, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP) on Monday...
• Hard-hitting statement alleges Rajapaksa ruled for years with lies and after being overthrown he is still spreading hatred and mistrust for cheap political...
"Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall"
"Excellent joke!"
Whether this is a Ranil-Sirisena (R&S) government or an S&R one, is significant. It certainly...
(EconomyNext) The much awaited talks between President Maithripala Sirisena and his arch rival predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa ended without a deal Wednesday, but the...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said a "political settlement" with the minority Tamil community is a prerequisite for a "stable and secure" country.
"If you want...
by Rajan Philips-
"We have failed in the essential task of nation building," said President Chandrika Kumaratunga in her speech to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary...
Meera Srinivasan -
The Sri Lankan government will implement the 13th Amendment to its Constitution within a unitary state, Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe has said.
Implementation...
Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) has stated that pre-election period of 2015 Presidential Election is getting increasingly violent as shots were fired...
By SLB-
Speaking at the Budget debate in Parliament, MP Samaraweera dropped a bombshell on 31st October. Making a historical analysis on the ethnic crisis,...
UNP Uva star Harin Fernando wants Sajith Premadasa to be appointed as Prime Ministerial candidate without delay at the forthcoming Presidential election reports Daily...
Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage yesterday made a historic order holding that the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) does not suspend the application of the...
Summary
The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution 40/1 which requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...
Image: The High Commissioner is particularly troubled the appointments of Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, as Army Chief and Major General (retired) Kamal Gunaratne, as...
ON the 11th year of Prageeth Ekneligoda abduction and disappearance Sandaya Ekneligoda launched a new initiative launching Ekneligoda Forum and https://ekneligodaforum.org/.
Ekneligoda Forum is a...
