Sumanthiran ready to admit LTTE committed war crimes

Gota and Ranil meet and discuss security

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa met former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at Temple Trees last night. According to reports the meeting focused on the security of the former Prime Minister. Rajapaksa had reportedly given Wickremesinghe an assurance over his security. Rajapaksa went to Temple Trees as a nominee of The President and The Prime Minister on the invitation of Wickremesinghe,?Rajapaksa’s spokesperson Milinda Rajapaksha said. The meeting took place yesterday between

02 Nov, 2018

President tells Speaker ready to convene Parliament next week

President Maithripala Sirisena has told?Speaker Karu Jayasuriya he is prepared to convene Parliament next week. The Speaker told political party leaders and a group of Parliamentarians today that Parliament can convene next week. A group of 118 Parliamentarians met the Speaker today calling for Parliament to be convened early. The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, the Tamil National Alliance, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the All Ceylon Makkal Congress were among the political parties, together

02 Nov, 2018

New initiatives introduced to revive the economy

The Government today introduced a set of new initiatives in an attempt to revive the economy. The Finance Ministry said that President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Mahinda Rajapaksa, have raised concerns regarding the serious setback in the economy as reflected in the persistently low growth rates during the last three years along with the rising cost of living. The Prime Minister is of the view that ill-conceived economic and financial p

01 Nov, 2018