NPP leader holds talks with Indian High Commissioner

Modi Government sails through no-confidence vote

After a marathon 12-hour debate, the Narendra Modi Government has won the trust vote in the Lok Sabha by a comfortable margin on Friday evening. The debate that started at 11 in the morning ended up with a trust vote minutes after 11 pm on Friday. The session witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was smiling when Congress president was delivering his statement, tear into the Opposition and Rahul Gandhi in his speech that last for one and a half hour. The House, on Friday, witnessed scen

21 Jul, 2018

Rivira Associate Editor grilled by TID over report using PTA

The Associate Editor of the Rivira newspaper, Tissa Ravindra Perera, was questioned by the Terrorist Investigations Division (TID) today over a newspaper report. The journalist said that he was questioned over a report written by him in the?Rivira Sinhala newspaper. Perera said that the news report was over the possibility of the LTTE raising its head once again. He said that he based his report on intelligence information given to the military and the Government. The journalist said that he

20 Jul, 2018

Discussion held on holding PC elections as soon as possible

A discussion headed by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya was held today on holding the Provincial Council (PC) elections as soon as possible. The discussion was attended by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, opposition leader R. Sampanthan,?Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Faizer Mustapha and party leaders from the opposition and minority parties. The Elections Commissioner, Attorney General and other officials also attended the discussion. Jayasuriya noted that concerns are being ra

20 Jul, 2018