Court of Appeal issues stay order against arresting Gotabaya

TNA hands over nominations for polls

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today handed over its nomination papers in Jaffna for the August 17 Parliament elections. The TNA also handed over its nomination papers to contest the election in the East.

10 Jul, 2015

Several SLFP members, JHU to contest with UNP

Several Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) members have decided to contest the Parliament election under the United National Party (UNP) ticket. So far at least 13 SLFP members have informed President Maithripala Sirisena, the SLFP chairman, that they will be contesting the August 17 election under the UNP elephant symbol. Among the SLFP members contesting with the UNP are Ministers Rajitha Senaratne, Arjuna Ranatunga and M.K.D.S Gunawardena. Meanwhile the Jathika Hela Urumaya said that it was al

11 Jul, 2015

India happy with assistance given to Sri Lanka

India has noted that?it?has been assisting Sri Lanka in various sectors through development assistance programmes. The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Y. K. Sinha and the?Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Mangala Samaraweera jointly inaugurated a Language Lab in Akuressa on at a function held at Nilwala National College of Education, the Indian High Commission in Colombo said today. Consul General of India-Hambantota, Raj Kumar, Director, Tamil Schools Development of Ministry o

11 Jul, 2015