Another six coronavirus patients identified taking total to 28

SLPP ready to work with minorities but not extremists

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) says it is prepared to work with the minorities but not extremists. SLPP National Organizer Basil Rajapaksa, addressing a special media conference in Colombo today, said that the Government and the SLPP are keen to work with all communities. He noted that the SLPP is reaching out its hand to the minority groups and hopes those groups will work with the Government. Rajapaksa said that the Government and the SLPP wants to work with communities of all relig

02 Aug, 2020

COVID-19 patients, those in quarantine centers cannot vote

COVID-19 patients and those in quarantine centers will not be able to vote at the Parliamentary Election on Wednesday. Director General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe said that advise has been given to the National Election Commission that only those in home quarantine and not those in quarantine centers be allowed to vote. “Those who complete the quarantine process at quarantine centers are told to stay at home for another 14 days. It is those people who can vote,” he said at a special

03 Aug, 2020

Tamil diaspora in Canada extend support to TNA

The Canadian Tamil Congress has called on all Tamils to cast their precious vote wisely at the forthcoming Parliamentary Election in Sri Lanka. CTC said the Tamil people?s struggle for democratic rights in Sri Lanka has a long history and since independence the desire of Tamils to live as a free people has not been diminished by the many setbacks and the tests of endurance faced by Tamils in their onward march for justice, dignity and equality. “The manner in which the Tamils of Sri Lanka foug

01 Aug, 2020