Joint opposition files complaint against PM and Mahendran

No confidence motion on PM handed over

The no-confidence motion on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was handed over to the Parliament Secretary General today. United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) member of parliament Manusha Nanayakkara said that the?no-confidence motion contains the signatures of 112 MPs. Earlier he had said that 113 MPs were to sign the document. The no-confidence motion on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was handed over to Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday. Nanayakkara said that, subsequently party

05 Jun, 2015

JVP says 100 day programme not fully implimented

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna today accused the Government of failing to fully implement its 100 day programme. JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said that the Government had promised the public several concessions but only a few were offered through its interim budget. Silva said that the Government has now been in office for more than 100 days and has not been able to even use those additional days to fulfill all its promises. Among the promises the Government has not met, according to the

04 Jun, 2015

Attempt to smuggle ganja to Lanka foiled

The Organised Crime Intelligence Unit in India has seized 130 kg of ganja being transported in a carriage vehicle to Rameswaram and apprehended two persons, who were carrying the contraband for smuggling to Sri Lanka by sea, The Hindu newspaper reported. Acting on a tip-off, a special team from the unit, intercepted the vehicle at the railway gate at Kamudhakudi, near Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram last evening and apprehended the duo. The accused were identified as K. Stephen (28), who drove th

05 Jun, 2015