Politics

PoliticalPrime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena – Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, and Local GovernmentTags: Print EditionThe new Prime Minister and the interim Cabinet of Ministers were sworn in…

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 EditionThe ballot to elect the eighth Executive President of Sri Lanka was held in Parliament yesterday. Accordingly, Secretary General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake,…

Ranil gets 134, Dullas gets 82, AKD gets 3Eighth Executive President to take oaths in ParliamentPoliticalCamelia Nathaniel and Amali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionUnited National Party (UNP) Leader and six-time Prime Minister Ranil…

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…