Joint opposition to decide if it will step down from UPFA

Salley sees no difference between Praba and Rohana

Muslim Tamil National Alliance leader?Azath Salley says slain LTTE leader Vellupillai Prabakaran and former Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Rohana Wijeweera are no different and if?Wijeweera’s death can be commemorated in Sri Lanka then so should?Prabakaran’s death. Speaking at a media briefing today,?Azath Salley said that the Government must allow families in the North to commemorate those killed during the war, even if they are LTTE members. He said that of the Government is going to

26 Nov, 2015

TNA NPC members demand Tamil speaking GA

Northern Provincial Council (NPC) members of the?Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today demanded the appointment of a Tamil speaking Government Agent (GA) for Vavuniya. Health Minister of the Northern Province, TNA member Dr. P. Sathiyalingam said that the TNA had raised the issue with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. He says Wickremesinghe had given an assurance that it will address their concerns but they later found out that someone who cannot communicate in Tamil had been appointed to the

25 Nov, 2015

Sunil Handunneththi elected COPE chairman

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Parliamentarian Sunil Handunneththi has been elected as the chairman of the Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE). Handunneththi replaced D.E.W Gunasekera who was the COPE chairman before the last Parliamentary election. (Colombo Gazette)

26 Nov, 2015