Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has no two Presidents and President of the SLFP is President Maithripala Sirisena says its General Secretary, Agriculture Minister, Duminda Dissanayake. The Minister ...

I am extremely happy to take part in this 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly. I wish to bring to the notice of Your Excellencies the current situation in my country. I have been in ...

Sri Lanka’s efforts at achieving national reconciliation and significant progress in many spheres received support from countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America during the adoption of the ...

In this talk, I want to celebrate the idea of democracy. In its popular meaning, democracy refers to the rule of the demos, demos being the Greek word for people. This year in Sri Lanka, we have had ...

We have stopped all the unsolicited Bills. Ad hoc policy implementations no longer exists under the new administration. We will also consider open, transparent bidding to give everyone a chance Last ...

Jaffna High Court Judge, M. Ilancheliyan, vowed to protect his two children for the death of his guard. He was given this pledge at the funeral of Sub Inspector Sarath Hemachandra who was killed. "I ...

Sri Lanka’s biggest social security fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) had invested a massive Rs. 2,091 billion in 2011 and 2012 and these investments were safe and sound drawing a good return, ...

The Education Ministry sought Cabinet approval to make it compulsory to teach the Mother Tongue, Religion and Sri Lankan History in international schools operating in the country, Minister Bandula ...

With 17 close relatives of central government politicians contesting the elections to the three provincial councils, election monitors have alerted the Elections Department on the possible abuse of ...

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) had recommended that Mihin Lanka and the national carrier SriLankan Airlines be amalgamated and brought under one management, the ...

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided not t o renew t he contract of their legal officer Savithri Fernando amidst rather controversial circumstances as they are on the verge of finalising a few TV ...

China will ‘unswervingly’ speak for Sri Lanka during the session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva in March to uphold justice, Chinese Ambassador Wu Jianghao said. In an ...