Southern Province Fisheries Minister released on bail

S.B blames Mahinda for UPFA polls loss

United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPF) member of Parliament and Government Minister S B Dissanayake today blamed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for the loss suffered by the UPFA at the last election. Dissanayake said that Rajapaksa should not have contested the Parliamentary election which the UPFA eventually lost by a slim margin. He noted that Rajapaksa failed to get the full support of the Muslims, Tamils and Catholics. The Minister, speaking to reporters in Kandy today, said that if Pr

06 Sep, 2015

Iranian President wants ties with Lanka enhanced

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for enhanced relations between Iran and Sri Lanka following a final nuclear agreement reached between Tehran and six world powers and the ensuing lifting of anti-Iran sanctions, the Tasnim news agency reported. Speaking at a Sunday meeting in Tehran with Sri Lanka?s new ambassador to Iran, Rohana Jeet, President Rouhani stressed that Tehran and Colombo should boost their bilateral ties with the improved conditions that would be available after the nuclear

06 Sep, 2015

President sees challenges for unity Government

President Maithripala Sirisena says the National unity Government will face several challenges ahead as it looks to rebuild the country. Speaking at the?69th anniversary meeting of the United National Party (UNP) at the UNP headquarters in Sirikotha today, the President said that the new Government must not for one moment assume that the enemy is asleep. He said that some elements operating from overseas are still keen on dividing the country while in Sri Lanka there are groups who backed the

06 Sep, 2015