Three soldiers injured following explosion during military exercise

UNP hails stand taken by President on polls

The?United National Party (UNP) today?said that it welcomed the stand taken by President Maithripala Sirisena to remain neutral and not openly support any political party contesting the August 17 parliamentary elections. UNP Senior member John Amaratunga said that?his party also welcomed the statement made by Sirisena against former President Mahinda Rajapakse stating that he would be defeated at the elections. “We appreciate that the President will take a neutral stand at the elections and we

15 Jul, 2015

Court stops SLFP meeting without party head

A court order has been issued against the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from convening a Central Working Committee meeting without the permission of the head of the party. The District Court of Colombo issued the order based on a?petition filed by Sri Lanka Freedom Party member Prasanna Solangaarachchi. President Maithripala Sirisena is the head of the SLFP and he had opposed an attempt by the SLFP General Secretary Anura Priyadharshana Yapa to convene a special SLFP Central Working Committee

15 Jul, 2015

Moratorium sought on fishermen arrested in Lanka

The World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) has called upon adoption of moratorium on arrest of fishermen in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of the two-day international workshop on ?International Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries? here on Tuesday, Mohamad Naseegh Jaffer, Secretary General of WFFP (South Africa) pointed out that the moratorium on arrest should be adopted until there was substantive discussion between the representatives o

15 Jul, 2015