Politics

PoliticalTags: Print EditionFisheries Minister Douglas Devananda says that no decision has been taken so far regarding the granting of licenses to Indian fishermen for fishing activities in the Northern Seas. He firmly stated that no…

PoliticalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionSeveral Opposition MPs who were seated with him to watch the Gangarama Perahera, sought his intervention to postpone the Local Government Elections, Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapaksha said.…

PoliticalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionSLPP MP S. M. Chandrasena said that he feels a lot of pain about the way the student Buddhist monks are behaving in society today. He stated this while attending media conference held at the…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionState Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna was elected as the new Chair of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) with a majority of votes. He was elected at the first meeting of the Committee on Public Accounts held…

New date to be announced on March 3 - EC:PoliticalTags: Print EditionThe Elections Commission yesterday said that the Local Government Election will not be held on March 9 as scheduled and the new election date will be announced on March 3.…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionMatara District MP Dullas Alahapperuma said in Parliament yesterday that there is no greater misfortune that could be faced by a country other than the breakdown of law and democracy. He requests the people to…

PoliticalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Sanjeeva Edirimanna said that the story about bringing back the stolen money to Sri Lanka is a fiction created by the opposition itself. He stated this…

PoliticalIrangika Range and Ishara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionChief Government Whip and Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said in Parliament yesterday that SJB MP Harsha de Silva is frustrated because he did not get the Chairmanship of the…

Dayasiri requests to appoint new EC members PoliticalIrangika Range and Ishara MudugamuwaTags: Print EditionKurunegala District MP Dayasiri Jayasekara yesterday urged President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Parliament to hold the LG polls even by…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionOpposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday said it is the JVP policy to bring the country’s religious places of worship under the Government’s fold. He said that the JVP is a fascist and Marxist force which is…