Former Parliamentarian?Jayantha Wijesekara joins the SLFP

SLFP to announce stand on Presidential polls at convention

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will announce its stand on the upcoming Presidential election at the SLFP convention. The SLFP convention will take place on 3 September, the General Secretary of the United People?s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), Mahinda Amaraweera said. He said that?President Maithripala Sirisena will brief the SLFP members at the convention on the future of the party.

15 Aug, 2019

New UNDP Resident Representative takes office

Robert Juhkam presented his credentials today to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tilak Marapana, officially taking office as the new Resident Representative for the UNDP in Sri Lanka. Prior to his appointment in Sri Lanka, Juhkam served as the Strategic Planning Advisor at the UNDP Bureau of External Relations and Advocacy in New York, U.S.A for 5 years, where he was leading a global team of partnerships advisors across?five Regional Hubs to diversify UNDP?s strategic partnerships. Before his

15 Aug, 2019

Three more JMI members arrested

Three more members of the Jamathei Millathu Ibraheem (JMI) who had allegedly received training from the mastermind of the Easter Sunday attacks, Zahran Hashim, have been arrested. The Police said the suspects were arrested in Ampara based on information received by the by the State Intelligence Service (SIS). Earlier this month another three JMI members were arrested in Ampara. The three suspects had received weapons training at training camps operated by Zahran Hashim in Nuwara Eliya and Ham

15 Aug, 2019