Protest staged in Kalagedihena against dumping garbage

Sampanthan says he is still Opposition Leader

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Leader R. Sampanthan says he is still the?Opposition Leader. He told Parliament today that he has not been removed from the post by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was named as the new?Opposition Leader yesterday. However,?Sampanthan said that Rajapaksa does not hold a seat in Parliament as he had joined the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). Rajapaksa entered Parliament as a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the U

19 Dec, 2018

SLMC, TNA to back 20th Amendment to Constitution

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) are to support to the?20th Amendment to Constitution. The position of the TNA and SLMC was conveyed to Parliament during a debate today on abolishing the Executive Presidency TNA MP, M.A. Sumanthiran said that after the 2015 Presidential elections, Tamils assumed that the?Executive Presidency, as a system of Government will be abolished soon. However he noted this was done only in part through the 19th Amendment and th

18 Dec, 2018

Ambassador Jayatilleka holds talks with Apostolic Nuncio to Russia

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Russia, Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka and Madame Sanja Jayatilleka paid a courtesy call on His Grace Celestino Migliore, the?Archbishop?of the?Roman Catholic Church,?who was appointed by Pope Francis as the?Apostolic Nuncio to Russia. Celestino Migliore is?a?Titular Archbishop?of?Canosa? and?has spent most of his career in the?diplomatic service?of the?Holy See?in the UN (New York) USA, Egypt, France and Poland. Ambassador Jayatilleka and Madame Jayatilleka were luncheon gues

19 Dec, 2018