Singapore Minister for Law arrives in Sri Lanka

Sanath resigns from SLFP organiser post

Former Parliamentarian Sanath Jayasuriya today announced that he had resigned as Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Matara District organiser. Jayasuriya said that he will also not be contesting the August 17 Parliament elections. (Colombo Gazette)

06 Jul, 2015

UNP says it will not accuse the President

The United National Party (UNP) says it will not accuse President Maithripala Sirisena over the nomination issue involving former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Former UNP MP P. Harrison said that the UNP had reached an agreement with?President Maithripala Sirisena ahead of the January 8 Presidential election and worked with him to meet the expectations of the people. He said that the President had promised to establish good governance and he had begun that process by getting support for the 19t

05 Jul, 2015

LTTE Black Tigers commemorated in Jaffna university

The LTTE Black Tigers were commemorated in the Jaffna university today, the Jaffna media reported. Commemorating the LTTE is banned in Sri Lanka since the LTTE is listed as a terrorist group. However Jaffna university students had commemorated the LTTE Black Tigers by lighting candles. The first Black Tiger was Vallipuram Vasanthan, who drove a small truck laden with explosives into a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp in Nelliady, Jaffna peninsula, on 5 July 1987, killing himself and between 39?100 S

05 Jul, 2015