Special High Court to hear case on Gota from January 22

CC approves appointment to Elections Commission

The Constitutional Council has approved the appointment of Saman Sri Rathnayake as the Commissioner General of the National Elections Commission. Rathnayake is the current Director General of the Election Secretariat. The appointment to the post of the Commissioner General would shift Rathnayake to the Nationals Elections Commission and would position him below the Commissioners in the National Elections Commission hierarchy.

15 Oct, 2019

Test flight from India lands at Jaffna International Airport

A test flight from India landed at the new Jaffna International Airport today ahead of the formal opening. Alliance Air made a successful landing on the new runway of the airport which will be declared open on Thursday as Sri Lanka’s third international airport. The airport which already accommodates domestic and military flights, has been developed to facilitate larger international flights. Alliance Air is to operate 7 flights a week from Chennai to Palaly and Batticaloa in Sri Lanka with i

15 Oct, 2019

Gotabaya dismisses claims on missing, rejects UN Resolution

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa today dismissed allegations on LTTE cadres who surrendered to the military during the war. Rajapaksa also said that if he becomes President his Government will not recognize the UN Resolution on Sri Lanka which was passed by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in 2015. Gotabaya Rajapaksa hosted his first media conference at the Shangri La Hotel in Colombo today after being nominated as the

15 Oct, 2019