No-confidence motion submitted against Rishad Bathiudeen

Vasantha back with the UNP, says sorry to MR, MS

United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Vasantha Senanayake returned to the UNP today saying he had resigned from his cabinet post but was sorry if his decision hurt President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Senanayake told reporters after attending the United National Front (UNF) Group meeting today that he decided to stick with the UNP to safeguard democracy. He said that he had no personal grudge with the President or Rajapaksa. “Whichever way I go I will be

26 Nov, 2018

Sri Lanka facing a double burden of malnutrition

Sri Lanka is facing a double burden of malnutrition with stagnant rates of undernutrition combined with growing numbers of overweight people and a rise in obesity rates, the?United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said. A press statement said that one in six children under the age of five are too thin for their height (wasting) indicating a critical public health situation, while almost one in six newborns have low birth weight. This indicates a vicious cycle of malnutrition and the need for

26 Nov, 2018

UNF, SLMC seek order on media not to recognise new cabinet

The United National Front (UNF) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) today sought an order from Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on the media not to recognise the new cabinet. SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem said that the electronic and print media continue to recognize the new cabinet and also recognise Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister. He urged the Speaker to issue an order to the media not to give recognition to an illegal cabinet. Hakeem said that since the Speaker has already ruled there is n

27 Nov, 2018