Politics

executive officers will be paid on the same day or on January 26 PoliticalNuwan Kodikara and Mahinda AluthgederaTags: Print EditionMinister of State for Finance Dr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya announced that the salaries of Public Servants will…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionThe Election Commission (EC) Chairman Nimal G. Punchihewa yesterday said that the submission of nominations of political parties and independent groups for this year’s Local Government (LG) Elections was…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionKurunegala Mayor Thushara Sanjeeva Witharana had been removed from his post by North Western Province Governor Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda in an Extraordinary Gazette issued on Saturday. The Gazette…

57,000 contested LG Polls in 2018PoliticalText and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVAMannas Makeen (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CaFFE)Tags: Print EditionThe Executive Director of the Campaign for a Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) Mannas Makeen at a media…

PoliticalPriyan de SilvaTags: Print EditionElections Commission Chief Nimal Punchihewa yesterday confirmed that former Minister A. H. M. Fowzie will fill the vacancy created with the resignation of SJB parliamentarian Mujibur Rahaman from…

To contest for Colombo MayorshipPoliticalIshara Mudugamuwa and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionSamagi Jana Balawegaya MP Mujibar Rahuman stepped down as MP yesterday (20) to compete in the coming Local Government election for the…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionFormer MP Ven.Omalpe Sobitha Thera yesterday said that country will not benefit by holding the Local Government election under the current situation. The Thera said that holding an election at this point of time…

PoliticalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionAgriculture, Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has resigned from his Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation portfolio yesterday. He said the resignation was…

Opposition Leader stretching his speechesPoliticalIshara Mudugamuwa and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionState Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage questioned in Parliament yesterday (19) whether the Opposition Leader has the heavy…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionBuddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickremenayaka expressing his condolences stated that Dr. Sumithra Peries was an influential   and extremely talented woman who contributed immensely…