Politics

PoliticalTags: Print EditionIn the wake of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) Leader Mavai Senadiraja announcing that the party will contest separately at the upcoming   Local Government poll, the other constituent parties of the Tamil…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will announce how it will contest the upcoming LG Polls after a meeting with members of the new political alliance ‘Nidahas Janatha Sandanaya’ today SLFP members said. The SLFP…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionParliament will meet everyday from Tuesday 17 at 9.30 am except January 20. Regulations published in the Extraordinary Gazette No. 2307/12 and 2308/26 under the Import and Export (Control) Act and Regulations in…

PoliticalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionUnited National Party (UNP) Kandy District Leader Shanthini Kongahage said yesterday that several parties in the Opposition have taken to the streets demanding that the funds reserved for…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionSLPP MP Milan Jayathilaka said the meeting between Elections Commission Chairman and Director General and BASL President Saliya Peiris seeking the latter’s advice has triggered serious suspicion. Jayathilaka was…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionSLPP MP Sahan Pradeep Vithana yesterday urged the President to conduct an investigation into the secret meeting between outgoing BASL President Saliya Peiris PC and Elections Commission Chairman and its Director…

PoliticalIrangika RangeTags: Print EditionUrban Development and Housing Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said that there is no need for the government or SLPP to postpone the Local Government Elections. The Minister also said that it is the…

PoliticalDharma Sri AbeyratneTags: Print EditionElections Commission Chairman Nimal Punchihewa yesterday said that the date of the Local Government Election will be fixed after receiving nominations.  He added that the Elections Commission…

PoliticalAnanda KannangaraTags: Print EditionThe Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) yesterday said that over 12,000 candidates from all parts of the country will hand over nominations to their respective Divisional Secretariats on January 18, 19…

PoliticalShiromi AbeyasingheTags: Print EditionThe United National Party (UNP) has now started discussions with a number of parties, organisations and independent groups that support the government regarding how to compete in the upcoming…