CJ appoints three judge bench on Welikada riot and Ali Roshan

President claims he does not interfere in appointments

President Maithripala Sirisena claims he does not interfere in any Ministry appointments. The President says he has been accused of directing Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne on some key appointments. Sirisena rejected the claims and insisted that even the he does not even make telephone calls to any Minister on Ministry appointments. He said that even when he was the Health Minister he did not direct anyone on the transfers of doctors or nurses. “I had said that the respective heads of dep

31 Jan, 2017

Sri Lanka asserts Chinese presence purely economic

The Government has asserted that the Chinese presence in Sri Lanka is purely for economic reasons. Sri Lanka assured India that neither will its land nor water around it be used for any activity against Indian interests, amid increased Chinese naval forays into the Indian Ocean, the Press Trust of India reported. “We assure the Indian government that nothing against India will happen in Sri Lankan land and waters around it,” Sri Lankan Navy chief Vice Admiral R C Wijegunaratne said when asked

31 Jan, 2017

Ranil says MR should have retired after two terms

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should have retired after two terms in office. He recalled that former Presidents J.R. Jayawardena and Chandrika Kumaratunga had retired after serving two terms in office yet Rajapaksa wanted to be in power for a longer period. Wickremesinghe said that Rajapaksa threatened to overthrow the Government in January but he could not do that. He said that the former President expected several members of the Government to ta

29 Jan, 2017