Harin condemns Facebook for censoring post

Survey finds public divided on key issues

According to the latest ?Democracy in Post War Sri Lanka? survey conducted by Social Indicator, the survey research unit of the Centre for Policy Alternatives, divisions between people?s opinions on key issues still persist. On the topic of a credible mechanism look into accountability for what happened during the last stages of the war, 42.6% of Sri Lankans stated that there should be such a mechanism, while 36.3% said no. Among the 32.2% from the Sinhala community who are in favour of such a

30 Jun, 2015

BBS to represent Sinhalese at Parliament polls

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) said?that they will be contesting the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on August 17 and will represent the Sinhalese community. BBS General Secretary Galagoda Aththe Gnasara Thero said?that his group will contest the elections under the party titled Bodu Jana Peramuna (BJP) and their main objective will be to represent the Sinhalese majority in parliament. The party symbol will be cobra. ?While we have many small parties representing the Tamils and

30 Jun, 2015

UNP denies attempting to cover up probe

The ruling United National Party (UNP) today denied claims it was attempting to suppress the findings of the Committee On Public Enterprises (COPE) on the bond issue involving the Central Bank Governor. State Minister of Child Development Rosy Senanayake said that the?investigations by COPE into the bond issue was?not over by the time Parliament was dissolved last Friday. A member of the former COPE committee,?Senanayake said that the committee was to meet again today to continue investigation

29 Jun, 2015