Weeratunga, Pelpita given bail in ‘sil redi’ case

Vaiko expresses shock over Sri Lankan election results

MDMK general secretary Vaiko has said the victory of Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party in the parliamentary polls of the island country was ?shocking and saddening.‘ In a statement on Friday, Vaiko said the victory of Dissanayake’s party might pose challenges for the Eelam Tamils in their struggle for equality. He said Dissanayake has a track record for being anti?Tamils. He had opposed the implementation of 13th amendment and had objected to the mer

16 Nov, 2024

Hirunika, Eran, Mano, Vrai fail to secure seats from Colombo

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya’s Hirunika Premachandra, Eran Wickramaratne and Mano Ganesan and National People’s Power (NPP) member Vrai?e Cally Balthazaar have failed to secure seats in the new Parliament from the Colombo District. The Colombo District preferential votes list showed Sajith Premadasa, Dr. Harsha De Silva, Mujibur Rahman and S.M Marikkar securing seats in the new Parliament from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. This meant Eran Wickramaratne and Mano Ganesan lost their seats in Parliame

15 Nov, 2024

Vijitha Herath breaks Harini’s record and gets over 700,000 votes

National People?s Power (NPP) member Vijitha Herath set a new preferential votes record securing over 700,000 votes, breaking the record set earlier by Dr. Harini Amarasuriya. Herath secured 716,715 votes in the Gampaha District at the 2024 Parliament Elections. Earlier Dr. Harini Amarasuriya created a new record for preferential votes at Parliament Elections in Sri Lanka, securing over 600,000 votes. She surpassed the previous record set by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Dr. Harini Ama

15 Nov, 2024