Sajith names Ranjith Madduma Bandara as Secretary of new alliance

SLFP splinter group lashes out at party leadership

The National Organization for the Protection of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), a splinter group of the SLFP, lashed out at the party leadership saying they had set the path for the destruction of the party. Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Parliamentarian Kumara Welgama slammed the decision to back Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the 16 November election. Speaking at a convention staged by the National Organization for

05 Nov, 2019

Sri Lankan among 33 injured in France bus accident

A Sri Lankan is among 33 people injured after a bus travelling from Paris to London overturned in northern France, the BBC reported. Four people were seriously injured and 29 others wounded when the FlixBus coach toppled at an exit near Amiens on the A1 motorway on Sunday morning. Northern Ireland couple Jamie Kerr and Gemma Given, both 20, were treated in hospital for head and hand injuries. The coach was carrying British nationals as well as 11 people from France, five from the US, two from

05 Nov, 2019

President tells diplomats free, fair elections a good sign

President Maithripala Sirisena told new foreign envoys who presented their credentials today that the current free, fair and peaceful Presidential election campaign in Sri Lanka reflects the strength of democracy in Sri Lanka. He said that this great democratic characteristic was restored due to broad political transformation that had taken place in the country, the President’s office said. President Sirisena expressed these views after accepting credentials from three new envoys appointed to

04 Nov, 2019