Politics

The Chief Government Whip, Highways Minister Johnston Fernando presented the Supplementary Estimate No. 01 of 2021 worth Rs. 200 billion to Parliament yesterday (22). The Supplementary Estimate was also proposed to be referred to…

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Election law reforms on Monday decided to extend the deadline given to recognized political parties to submit proposals on the reforms related to election laws and the electoral system until July…

Divulapitiya UNP organiser and former Provincial Councillor Dr. Kithsiri Manchanayake yesterday said a group of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) members are in fear of former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s re-entry to Parliament.…

Chief Sangha Nayake of the Sri Lanka Ramannya Nikaya Ven. Dr. Omalpe Sobhitha Thera said that if the tussle between the two factions of the ‘Ape Janabala Pakshaya’ (AJP)(Our Power of People Party) over the National List continues, it would…

Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero on Tuesday (30) requested the National Elections Commission to take necessary action against Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias ‘Karuna Amman’ as per the laws a candidate for the general election is bound by.…

Firebrand parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara, who commented on the exchange of words between him and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said it would have been better if the Prime Minister described him a rotten 'labu gediya’…

- UNP Govt. ministers group pass resolution during yesterday’s meeting - The matter to be discussed at today’s Cabinet meeting The United National Party (UNP) is set to discuss appointing Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to the…

Leader of the Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday met the former defence chiefs led by former defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to discuss the prevailing security situation in the country. “I met with the former defense chiefs to…

- Says terrorism and drugs nexus possibly hastened terror attack- Calls on people to unite to bring back normalcy President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday said that he had the fullest confidence that the law and order machinery had the…