CID to grill Mahinda on abduction of journalist Keith Noyahr

Government asserts no compromise on security for MR

The Government today asserted that there will be no?compromise on the security of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament that it is the responsibility of the Government to protect Rajapaksa as a former President. The Prime Minister was responding to concerns raised over Rajapaksa’s security following an assault on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar, by a group of suspected LTTE supporters at the Kuala Lumpur International Ai

06 Sep, 2016

SLFP invites leftist parties to work with them at polls

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today invited leftist parties to work with them to form the next Government. SLFP General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake said that the SLFP will look to form a new Government at the next Parliamentary elections. He said the SLFP, led by President Maithripala Sirisena, is ready to work with leftist parties in a political alliance. Dissanayake also said the SLFP will not agree to the demands of the joint opposition. The SLFP General Secretary was speaking at a

06 Sep, 2016

Sri Lanka accuses Malaysia of failing to protect Ansar

The Government today accused Malaysia of failing to protect the Sri Lankan?High Commissioner of Malaysia Ibrahim Ansar, despite him seeking protection. The Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in the High Commissioner of Malaysia to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning to express the condemnation of the Government of Sri Lanka, on the assault carried out by a group of persons yesterday Sunday 4 September 2016, on Sri Lanka?s High Commissioner to Malaysia, in a restricted

05 Sep, 2016