Petition against MR being PM to be heard on Friday

Api Sri Lanka led by CBK, others sign deal to back Sajith

The Api Sri Lanka movement led by former President Chandrika Kumaratunga and several other political parties and civil society groups signed an agreement today to form the Democratic National Front (DNF) alliance and back New Democratic Front Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa at the upcoming Presidential election. The agreement was signed at the Taj Samudra hotel in Colombo today. Ruwan Ranatunga signed the agreement on behalf of the Api Sri Lanka movement with the DNF. United National F

01 Nov, 2019

Sri Lanka accused of failing to ensure accountability for attacks on refugees and asylum-seekers

Six months after they were violently forced out of their homes, there has been no police investigations into and no accountability for the threats and violence faced by refugees and asylum-seekers in Sri Lanka, Amnesty International and Minority Rights Group International said in a new report published today. In the days after the Easter Sunday massacre, where an armed group killed more than 250 people in three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka, armed mobs mounted reprisal attacks on refug

01 Nov, 2019

Polls chief says some candidates promoting others

The National Elections Commission says some candidates contesting the Presidential election are promoting other candidates. National Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said that at least 7-8 of the 35 candidates are promoting others while there are others indirectly backing other candidates at the 16 November election. Deshapriya said this while addressing the media at a special media conference today. The Presidential election this year is seeing the highest number of candidate

31 Oct, 2019