PM wants no-confidence motion on SLFP Ministers withdrawn

Kurdistan Region keen to develop relations with Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka officially opened its Honorary Consulate in the Kurdistan Regions, becoming the 38th?foreign representative office in the region. The Head of the Department of Foreign Relations (DFR) in the Kurdistan Region, Falah Mustafa Bakir, received Ahmed Jalaluddin Mustafa, the Consul of Sri Lanka in Erbil. Bakir expressed the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) readiness to develop relations between both countries on various fronts, according to the DFR press office. Mustafa highlighted th

01 Nov, 2017

Mahinda says war was never against the Tamil community

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today insisted that the war, when he was President, was never against the Tamil community. The military when Rajapaksa was President, defeated the LTTE after 30 years of war and the current Government is now attempting to push for a new Constitution which will address, among other issues, the issues faced by the Tamils. Speaking in Parliament today,?Rajapaksa said that?devolution of powers in the manner proposed at present may be in the interests of northern

02 Nov, 2017

CPA strongly rejects statement by Bellanwila Wimalaratne Thero

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) strongly rejected claims made by the Venerable Bellanwila Wimalaratne Thero. Addressing a conference of Bikkhus at the Dhammikaramaya in Ratmalana on the proposed new constitution, the Venerable Thero stated that CPA and its Executive Director Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu are behind ?constitutional courts? and are ?pumping? the constitutional reform process with ?NGO money?. A report to this effect was also published in the Lankadeepa newspaper on 1st?N

03 Nov, 2017