Former Police Spokesman Jaliya Senaratne transferred to KKS as a personal assistant

SLFP to restructure and appoint new office bearers

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to restructure and appoint?new office bearers. As a first step the SLFP Central Committee has decided to appoint new office bearers temporarily on June 3rd. SLFP Parliamentarian Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that new, permanent?office bearers will be appointed in September. The move comes weeks after a group of 16 SLFP members split from the Government and sat with the opposition in Parliament. The SLFP members who left the Government called fo

17 May, 2018

NPC Minister wants NPC flag to fly at half-mast tomorrow

Northern Province Minister of Education?Dr K Sarveswaran has called on schools in the North to fly the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) flag at half-mast tomorrow as a mark of respect to the Tamils killed during the war. In a media statement Sarveswaran said that the NPC is seen as a body which upholds the rights of the Tamils and so it is only right that the NPC flag fly at half-mast tomorrow as a mark of respect to the Tamils killed during the final stages of the war. He also urged schools

17 May, 2018

Qatar and Sri Lanka review bilateral relations and way forward

Qatar and Sri Lanka reviewed bilateral relations and the way forward for both countries. The Minister of Economy and Commerce in Qatar, Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed al-Thani met with Sri Lanka?s Minister of Industry and Commerce Risad Badhiutheen in Doha, and his accompanying delegation, the Gulf Times reported. The meeting reviewed bilateral relations between the two countries and discussed aspects relating to joint co-operation, especially in economic, trade and investment fields and

17 May, 2018