Import of non-essential items to be suspended

Pillayan front runner says TMVP

The Thamil Makkal Viduthalai Pullikal (TMVP) says party leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan is the front runner for the government as the candidate for the post of Chief Minister at the Eastern Provincial council elections. TMVP spokesman Azad Maulana said that while the government has not yet officially named Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan as the Chief Minister candidate at the Eastern polls, so far there is no one else to challenge him. ?Our leader already has to sacrifice one year as Chief

09 Jul, 2012

Northern PC polls in September 2013

Elections to Sri Lanka?s northern provincial council will take just over a year from now. ?We want to hold elections in September 2013,? President Mahinda Rajapaksa told The Hindu. ?We are working towards it [the elections] in a systematic manner.? In an interaction at his official residence, Temple Trees, here, Mr. Rajapaksa said there were many issues to be resolved ahead of holding of elections. The primary one related to the electoral rolls. People who fled when the Tamil Tigers were in pow

11 Jul, 2012

MR wants good neighborly relations

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing Sri Lankan diplomats at a workshop in Diyatalawa today, said that it was important to maintain good relations with Sri Lanka?s neighbors. The President?s office quoted the President as saying that now was the time for Asia and the world was also watching the Asian region. He also reminded the diplomats that they are not ones who just wave the Sri Lankan flag but rather are part of that flag. The President also said that the world has recognized the fact

07 Jul, 2012