Vehicle parade protest causes severe traffic jam in Colombo

SLMC says it will never support MR because of Digana incidents

The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) says it will never support newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa because of the violence which took place in?Digana when he was President. SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem said that?Rajapaksa is feared by the minorities. “Under no circumstances will we allow the return of the Rajapaksa regime which was inherently corrupt and intrinsically evil. Feared much by the minorities? they remind us of the horrors of the past. We all know who were behind the Digan

25 Nov, 2018

SLPP denies giving nominations to racist campaigners

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has denied reports it has given nominations to two?racist campaigners. SLPP said that the?nominations board has not yet begun accepting applications nor have they made a final decision on the candidates. “We categorically deny reports fueled by the @officialunp stating that nominations were given to Dan Priyasad and Amith Weerasinghe from the SLPP. The nomination board has not yet begun accepting applications nor have they made a final decision on the can

25 Nov, 2018

Construction of LPG terminal at Hambantota Port completed

The Chinese company constructed liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal in the Hambantota Port in the south of Sri Lanka has come to mechanical completion, the Xinhua news agency reported. The LPG terminal is invested by one of Sri Lanka’s largest LPG distributors, LAUGFS, and constructed by China Huanqiu contracting & Engineering Co., LTD, subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation. LAUGFS Chairman, W. K. H. Wagapitiya said Friday that the LPG terminal in Hambantota would bring tremend

24 Nov, 2018