Three women were instrumental in helping Sri Lanka during crisis - President
President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (08) commended three women for being instrumental in helping Sri Lanka during its troubled period.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (08) commended three women for being instrumental in helping Sri Lanka during its troubled period.
China’s new Foreign Minister Qin Gang warned Tuesday that “conflict and confrontation” with the United States is inevitable if Washington does not change course, delivering a stern and wide-ranging rebuke of US policies for his first press conference in the new role.
A police crackdown on law students in Colombo yesterday (07) has come in for strong condemnation by their lecturers.
SLPP MP Premnath C. Dolawatte has said that parliament is empowered to act in instances of violation of its powers and privileges as per 4(c) of the constitution.
With incumbent IGP C.D. Wickremaratne set to retire on March 26, his successor has become a hot topic now.
Former State Minister of Finance MP Eran Wickramaratne presented two private members' bills on March 08 to the Secretary General of Parliament to amend both the Value Added Tax Act No. 14 of 2002 (as amended) and the Special Commodity Levy Act No. 48 of 2007.
The National People's Power (NPP) has organized a protest and rally in Milan, Italy to demand the holding of local government polls back in Sri Lanka.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday (07) Sri Lanka has secured financing assurances from all major bilateral creditors, paving the way for the IMF board to consider approval of a long-awaited $2.9 billion four-year bailout agreed last year.
April 25 is a suitable date to hold the local government polls, the Election Commission said today (07) after the election was postponed from March 09.
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has urged the people to stand firm and not to give an iota of leniency or mollycoddle “Ranil Wickremesinghe and the Rajapaksa junta.”