Medical faculty students withdraw from lectures in protest

Sri Lanka to seek bids for 1st urban railway project

Sri Lanka will seek international competitive bids to select operators for its first urban railway project, the head of the country’s investment agency said. Upul Jayasuriya, chairman of Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment, spoke to The Nikkei while on a visit to Japan about Sri Lanka’s urban railway project. The plan is for a 30-kilometer commuter railway connecting the center of Colombo with its suburbs. The operation would start by 2019. The government is considering of introducing either monor

08 Oct, 2015

SC dismisses petition by DEW on UPFA list

The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition filed by Community Party leader DEW Gunasekera on the National List candidates nominated to Parliament by the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA). Leftist parties had last month?raised strong objections to the members appointment to Parliament by the UPFA through the National List. The Leftist Parties had said that?the UPFA members appointed to Parliament through the National List, do not have the backing of the public or Parliament. The Left

08 Oct, 2015

TNA calls for release of Tamil political prisoners

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today called for the release of all Tamil political prisoners. TNA leader R. Sampanthan raised the issue when Parliament discussed a proposed agreement with China on crime related matters. Sampanthan?urged the Government not to look at the issue on political prisoners as a legal issue. He said that the issue had been raised with Justice Minister Wijeydasa Rajapaksha and he urged the Minister to look into it. Sampanthan, the leader of the opposition in Parlia

08 Oct, 2015