Six suspects arrested with over 400 grams of heroin

Protests to be launched to remove Government

The main opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today said that it will be launching protests after June 9 together with members of the United People?s Freedom Alliance (UPFA)?to gather support to remove the Government. UPFA MP and former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that the Government has failed to achieve its goals within the 100 days since it took office. “This Government has no right to continue. They were given only 100 days. We gave them bonus days as well but still

28 May, 2015

Anura slams Ranil, says he is not the PM

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake slammed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe saying he has no right to be Prime Minister anymore. Dissanayake said that since the Government was given only 100 days to be in power Wickremesinghe is no more the Prime Minister. He also noted that with a dispute over the opposition leader post there is instability in the country and so Parliament must be dissolved soon and Parliament elections held. The JVP leaderalso??said that the

29 May, 2015

New Ministers replace those who left

New Ministers have been appointed today including four who will replace the four Ministers who had resigned from the Government recently. Accordingly Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena was appointed a Minister, Pandu Bandaranayake, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Hemal Gunasekera as State Ministers and Chandrasiri Sooriyarachchi?as a?Deputy Minister. (Colombo Gazette)

29 May, 2015