Five people injured in Ambalangoda shooting incident

North CM heads new organisation on Tamil rights

Northern Province Chief Minister C V Wigneswaran has been appointed as the head of a new organisation comprising Tamil politicians and civil society members, which will work on Tamil rights. The ?Tamil People?s Council? met last evening in Jaffna and discussed its future goals and also decided to form sub-committees which will handle various tasks. The main committee in the ?Tamil People?s Council? includes Tamil National Alliance members Dharmalingham Sidharthan and Suresh Premachandran and T

20 Dec, 2015

New Zealand Prime Minister to visit Sri Lanka

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is to visit Sri Lanka next year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today. He said that?John Key will be in the country to attend an international conference on democracy. The Prime Minister said that Sri Lanka’s foreign service is now strong that it has been able to ensure Sri Lanka’s?relationship with foreign countries is on solid ground. (Colombo Gazette)

18 Dec, 2015

Moves to reduce traffic congestion by next month

The Government is to take short term measures to reduce traffic congestion?in Colombo?by next month, Parliament was informed today. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament that a good public transport system must?be in place to meet the transport needs of the public. He said that once that is done, measures can be taken to reduce the number of vehicles entering the city. The Prime Minister said that there are too many vehicles on the roads of Colombo and if the traffic congestion

19 Dec, 2015