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  • New ministers sworn in
    Minister Mangala Samaraweera was sworn in as Finance Minister while State Defence Minister Ruwan Wijewardene was sworn in as non Cabinet Media Minister before President...
  • 19th Amendment failed to fulfill its objectives
    President Maithripala Sirisena in a special to Parliament during the Constitutional Council debate yesterday said the legitimate child that has brought forth the 19th...
  • Speaker still to receive name list
    Speaker Karu Jayasuriya told Parliament yesterday that he was yet to receive the list of names of MPs alleged by UNP MP Ranjan Ramanayake to be using cocaine.“Some members...
  • CHAMPIKA CALLS ON TNA TO JOIN GOVERNMENT
    Megapolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday invited the Tamil National Alliance to accept ministerial portfolios and join the government to...
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  • Parliament
    CJ rejected President’s nomination for SC – KiriellaLeader of the House Minister Lakshman Kiriella yesterday revealed that the Constitutional Council did not approve the President’s nomination of...
  • Parliament
    Welikada prison report leak: Minister Thalatha to seek IGP’s explanationJustice Minister Thalatha Athukorala turning down a request by the JVP to table the Committee report on the killing of Welikada...
  • All-party decision next week - Kiriella
    A decision about the Provincial Council Elections will be taken next week, said Leader of the House and Public Enterprise, Kandyan Heritage and Kandy Development Minister Lakshman Kiriella.He was...
  • ‘SLPP has to link with SLFP to win Presidential polls’
    The SLPP has to enter into an agreement with the SLFP to win the next Presidential Election, Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila said at a media conference on Monday.Gammanpila added that there will be...
  • ‘People will reject useless politicians’
    The people selected the government to serve the nation. If they do not serve the people, they will reject politicians before long, National Integration, Officials Languages, Social Progress and Hindu...
  • ‘Executive Presidency should be abolished’
    A radical political change is necessary to save the country from its present state of stagnation and steer it towards development and progress. First, the Executive Presidential system should be...
  • CC debate next Thursday
    Parliament will take up a full-day debate on the Constitutional Council (CC) next Thursday amidst simmering political tensions over the appointments of individuals to high rank posts and judges to...
  • The 22nd National Convocation of MEP held
    The 22nd National Convocation of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) was held under the chairmanship of its leader Dinesh Gunawardene at the New Town Hall in Colombo yesterday. President Maithripala...
  • Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya presents a token of appreciation to Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL) Deputy General Manager (Production, Planning and Marketing) Rasantha Chandrathileke to recognise ANCL’s contribution to the print media, at the 30th anniversary celebration of PAFFREL in Colombo yesterday.
    PC polls should be held first – EC chief
    Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya presents a token of appreciation to Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL) Deputy General Manager (Production, Planning and Marketing)...
  • LSSP leader Prof. Tissa Vitharana speaks at the media conference. Picture by Kelum Liyanage
    LSSP for profit-sharing in estates to solve wage issue
    The Lanka Samasamaja Party (SLSP) is ready to submit the required proposals for a profit-sharing concept to be implemented as a solution for the wage issue of tea estate workers, LSSP leader Prof....
  • Cabinet Decisions
    1. National Chronic Kidney Disease Prevention ProgrammeThe Presidential Task Force on Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disease has been setup with the intention of stamping out Chronic Kidney Disease...
  • Next Presidential candidate will be a UNPer - Navin
    Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake yesterday said that the next Presidential candidate of the United National Party will definitely be a UNPer and not an outsider.The Minister was...