Registration of foreign companies to resume

Northern polls under 13A

The government says while?necessary amendments to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution will be instituted in the future, elections for the 3 provincial councils including the elections for the Northern Provincial Council will be held in September under the present constitutional status. Cabinet spokesman and the Minister of Mass Media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella said that the 13th Amendment to the constitution and the Indo Lanka Agreement were imposed on the country without the consen

20 Jun, 2013

UNP proposal given to SLFP

The opposition United National Party (UNP) today handed over its proposals for a new constitution to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). A UNP delegation including UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake and UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake handerd over the proposals to SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena. The UNP had last month made public its proposed constitution which includes a British style Westminster system for the Cabinet. The UNP constitution also proposes as a novel system the executiv

21 Jun, 2013

Sri Lanka boosts Cuban ties

Sri Lanka has forged diplomatic ties and further strengthened its relationships with a large number of countries in Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean, Sri Lanka?s Ambassador to Cuba, Sarath Dissanayake said. In a wide ranging interview with Radio Havana?s flagship programme ?The world where we live in? the Ambassador said that both Sri Lanka and Cuba being two island nations, have many things in common and shared perspectives on matters of mutual interest. He said that the relations betwee

21 Jun, 2013