Navy arrests 14 Indian fishermen poaching in Northern waters

Government, Speaker proposes dissolving Parliament

The Government and Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa today proposed in Parliament that Parliament be dissolved and elections be held. The issue over the Central Bank Governor arose today during Parliament sittings and this led to a heated exchange of words between the Government and the opposition. The opposition questioned the Government on the right Arjuna Mahendran had to continue as the?Central Bank Governor. Opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardena said that since?Mahendran is a citizen of Singapore he c

03 Jun, 2015

Parliament likely to be dissolved this month

Uva Province Chief Minister Harin Fernando says Parliament is expected to?be dissolved this month. Fernando told the BBS Sinhala service that President Maithripala Sirisena is in the process of resolving some issues in his party and that was partly the reason why Parliament is yet to be dissolved. “I believe by mid-June Parliament will be dissolved,” he said. Fernando said that the UNP wants Parliament elections to be held soon so the public can decide who they want to run the country. He no

02 Jun, 2015

Australia stops 54 Lankans, sends them to Indonesia

Australian customs has turned back 65 people, including 54 from Sri Lanka, after their boat reached Australian waters last week, the Sydney Morning Herald reported quoting an Indonesian police chief as saying. The 65 people from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar, who reportedly claimed to be asylum seekers, are now in detention on the Indonesian island of Rote. Fishermen spotted two boats floating near an island in the West Rote district, 500 kilometres north-east of the Australian coast, on S

01 Jun, 2015