Politics

PoliticalText and pictures by PRIYAN DE SILVATags: Print EditionChairman of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka (ECSL) Nimal Punchihewa said that the 'The Act to regulate expenditure incurred by candidates at elections conducted under…

PoliticalAmali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionThe government is unwilling to hand over the chair of COPE and COPA to the Opposition, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa said yesterday (29). Premadasa noted that even though the…

PoliticalAmali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna General Secretary MP Sagara kariyawasam said the Party membership of SLPP Rajangana Pradeshiya Sabha member who was taken  into custody over an attempted bank…

PoliticalAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionThe provincial Local Government Commissioner of Central Province had to toss a coin to decide the chairman of Gangawata Korale Pradeshiya Sabha in Kandy yesterday as the candidates nominated…

PoliticalNeranjala WickramasingheTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has won the elections of the Multi-purpose Co-operatives Societies of Panadura and Gampola with an overwhelming majority. Accordingly, the Sri…

PoliticalAnanda KannangaraTags: Print EditionOpposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Leader Sajith Premadasa on Saturday vehemently rejected declaration of large extent of land areas in the Colombo city as a High Security Zone. …

NPP, SLPP Dullas Group, TNA not in the listPoliticalTags: Print EditionSpeaker of the House Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena yesterday (23) announced in Parliament the list of MPs who have been nominated for the ‘National Council’, which was…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionThe Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa questioned if the government is not allowing the 13 independent MPs to speak in the House in fear of them or because MP Dullas Alahapperuma challenged the President in…

PoliticalBimal JayasingheTags: Print EditionVehicles worth nearly Rs.50 million belonging to Kesbewa Urban Council are idling and decaying, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Kesbewa Urban Council Member Chamara Maddumakaluge said. He…

PoliticalIshara Mudugamuwa and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionAn intense argument erupted in the House as the Government denied the recent news story that a student in the Minuwangoda area brought coconut kernel for lunch. The…