Vikum Kaluarachchi appointed as Court of Appeal judge

Pavithra Wanniarachchi makes a u-turn and backs Ranil

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP and Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi has decided to back incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential election in September. Wanniarachchi has said that she made the decision based on a request from her supporters. She is the latest SLPP MP to support Wickremesinghe despite the SLPP leadership led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa deciding to nominate its own candidate. The SLPP had nominated Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Namal Rajapaksa to c

08 Aug, 2024

Yunus lands in Bangladesh to lead caretaker Government

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has declared there is “a lot of work to be done” in Bangladesh, as he arrived in the country to take over as interim leader. “People are excited,” the 84-year-old told the BBC moments after flying into the capital Dhaka from France on Thursday. He will be sworn in later. His plane touched down just days after Sheikh Hasina – the woman who ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist for 15 years – fled across the border to India. She resigned as prime minister after weeks

08 Aug, 2024

Arjuna Ranatunga joins Sajith’s grand alliance

Former Sri Lanka cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga joined the ‘Samagi Jana Sandanaya’, the grand alliance led by Samagi Jana Balawegaya Leader Sajith Premadasa. Ranatunga was at the launch of the alliance together with businessman Thilanga Sumathipala with who he has been having a long-standing rivalry. The former cricketer’s organisation, the ‘Purawesi Handa’ signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Premadasa. The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) group led by MP Dayasiri Jayasekera, the Tamil

08 Aug, 2024