UN refuses to comment on MR contesting

Keerthi Tennakoon resigns as CaFFE head

Keerthi Tennakoon, who was yesterday appointed as the Governor of the Uva Province, has resigned as Executive Director of the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE). He informed?the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections that he had decided to accept the invitation extended by the President to be appointed as a?Governor. Tennakoon took oaths before President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday. (Colombo Gazette)

09 Jan, 2019

New Laggala town handed over to the public

President Maithripala Sirisena handed over the new Laggala green city today which was constructed to replace the old Laggala city that was submerged as a result of the Moragahakanda-Kalu Ganga multi-purpose irrigation project. The new Laggala city was constructed near the Kalu Ganga reservoir to fulfill the needs of the families displaced by the submerging of the old city under the Moragahakanda-Kalu Ganga project. More than 3000 families from 25 Grama Sevaka divisions were removed and resettle

08 Jan, 2019

Mahinda warns country at risk four years since change

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today warned that the country was at risk as a result of the change?of Government on 9 January 2015. In a statement issued today, Rajapaksa said that Sri Lanka faces three major dangers as it completes four years since the change. The first among them is the danger of the economy collapsing at any moment. He said that while the total outstanding debt as at the end of 2014 has remained as it is, a sum equivalent to more than 50% of that total has been added on

09 Jan, 2019