Private bus strike scheduled for tomorrow called off

Frontline Socialist Party accused of instigating SAITM protests

The Frontline Socialist Party has been accused of instigating the protests against the?South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine (SAITM). Higher Education Minister Lakshman Kiriella said that the?Frontline Socialist Party is spreading fear among the university students and forcing them to protest against SAITM. Kiriella urged the university students protesting against SAITM to suspend their protests and return to their classes. He said that if the students suspend their protests the Go

02 Jul, 2017

Austin Fernando to be appointed President’s Secretary

Eastern Province Governor Austin Fernando is to be appointed as the new President’s Secretary. He will fill the post made vacant by the resignation of?Secretary to the President?P.B Abeykoon. Abeykoon had resigned yesterday over personal reasons.

01 Jul, 2017

JVP says time has come to pick a new Government

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says the time has come to pick a new Government as the current and the former Government failed to deliver on its promises. JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said that defeating the current Government is not difficult. However he says the current Government will not be defeated in order to bring back the former Government to power. He says the time has come to form a new Government with the support of the public. “We need a real change. That cannot be don

01 Jul, 2017