No move by the military to storm Galle Face

MR insists no mandate given to replace existing Constitution

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today insisted that the Government does not have a mandate to?repeal and replace the existing Constitution. Rajapaksa said in a statement that the Constitutional reform pledges made by the coalition at the last Presidential election was restricted to changing the system of elections and abolishing the executive Presidential system. The former President opposed the proposal made in the interim report of the Steering Committee of the Constitutional Assembly tha

16 Oct, 2017

CBK says JO members of the SLFP vacated their posts

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga says Joint Opposition (JO) members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) vacated their posts and were not really removed. Kumaratunga told reporters that she was appointed?SLFP Organizer for Attanagalla much earlier and not last week. “I got this post two year ago,” she said. She says she only received the formal letter last week together with a few other SLFP members. President Maithripala Sirisena had last week removed joint opposition me

16 Oct, 2017

IMF reaches agreement on third review of funding for Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it has reached a staff-level agreement with the Sri Lankan authorities on the third review under an economic reform program supported by a?three-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement, subject to the completion of a prior action by the authorities and the approval of the IMF Executive Board. The Board is expected to consider Sri Lanka?s request for completion of the third review in December 2017, by which time the 2018 budget?consistent with the

16 Oct, 2017