Politics

PoliticalCamelia NathanielPicture by Hirantha GoonathilakeTags: Print EditionThe new Cabinet of Ministers of the Interim Government took their oaths before President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Prime Minister’s Office yesterday…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionSJB MP Mayantha Dissanayake has stepped down from his post as the President of Samagi Tharuna Balawegaya. Dissanayake has submitted the letter to SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa and its General Secretary Ranjith…

PoliticalAmali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionOpposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (21) proposed President Ranil Wickremesinghe to strengthen the Committee System in Parliament. The Opposition Leader has met the President at…

PoliticalNeranjala WickramasingheTags: Print EditionThe Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has not yet decided to take disciplinary action against the MPs who supported MP Dullas Alahapperuma during the vote to elect a new President,…

PoliticalTags: Print EditionRanil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the Eighth Executive President of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the Parliamentary Complex yesterday. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Leader of…

PoliticalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionOf the 223 MPs who voted to elect a new President in Parliament yesterday (20), two MPs abstained from voting while four votes were declared invalid, as announced…

PoliticalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionFormer Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told the media yesterday that Dullas Alahapperuma was nominated by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) group backed by…

PoliticalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionThe result of the election for a succeeding President does not reflect the true aspiration of the people that are demanding a system change, Opposition Leader…

PoliticalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiCandidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake casting his vote.Tags: Print EditionNational People’s Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said he believes that certain MPs could have sold…

PoliticalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiCandidate Dullas Alahapperuma casting his vote in Parliament yesterday.Tags: Print EditionDecisions should be made by the House not focusing on the 225 families living in the…