Enjoining order on COPE sub-committee report lifted

Maithripala tells Mahinda he will not be PM

President Maithripala Sirisena has written to former President Mahinda Rajapaksa saying he will not be made Prime Minister even if the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) gets the number of seats required in Parliament to form the next Government. In a letter to Rajapaksa, President Sirisena, who is also the chairman of the UPFA, said that a senior member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) who has not been the Prime Minister before, should be made the new Prime Minister in a UPFA Governm

13 Aug, 2015

Ranil claims SLFP facing threats from thugs

United National Party (UNP) leader and Prime Ministerial candidate at the Parliamentary elections next week, Ranil Wickremesinghe says the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is facing threats from thugs. Addressing the media today, Wickremesinghe said that some members of the SLFP are attempting push Mahinda Rajapaksa’s agenda into the SLFP. He recalled?that the United National Party (UNP) had backed SLFP member Maithripala Sirisena as President at the last Presidential elections and after being m

13 Aug, 2015

Wele Suda reveals alleged links with Duminda

Notorious drug dealer Wele Suda has revealed his alleged links with former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva. Wele Suda has told the Colombo High Court today?that he had given a loan of Rs. 2 million to Duminda Silva for his election campaign. He also accused Duminda Silva of threatening him when he had asked for the money to be returned. Duminda Silva was earlier the Defence Ministry monitoring MP and a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was not given nominations to contest the Parliamen

12 Aug, 2015