Our Power of People Party sacks Athuraliye Rathana Thero

Wigneswaran seeks maximum devolution for Tamils

Northern Province Chief Minister?C V Wigneswaran today called for?maximum devolution for the Tamil speaking people and warned that further delay to do so would change the dimensions of the problem further. Wigneswaran said that the Government together with the International Community must come to a decision regarding the political aspirations of the Tamil speaking people. Wigneswaran said this while speaking at an event held in Mullivaikal in the north to commemorate the victims of the final s

18 May, 2015

Opposition slams Ranil over judiciary

The opposition today accused?Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe?of degrading the judiciary by questioning the order given on former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Opposition leader and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) member Nimal Siripala de Silva said that while President Maithripala Sirisena had accepted the ruling, the Prime Minister was attempting to challenge it. A two member bench of the Supreme Court had ordered the police not to arrest the?former Defence Secretary until a case f

18 May, 2015

Prime Minister defends “acharu” Government

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today defended the policies of the coalition Government which some people say is a “acharu” Government. Speaking at an event in Walapane, the Prime Minister said that the?”acharu” Government has achieved in 100 days what former President Mahinda Rajapaksa could not achieve in five years. “We have at least reduced the cost of living burden on the people,” he said. Wickremesinghe noted that President Maithripala Sirisena was elected to power in January in ord

17 May, 2015