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CID records Mahinda Rajapakse's statement at his residence
Officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recorded the statement of former President...
Vajpayee was consensus seeker, alliance - builder: The Hindu hails
The Editorial of the India's prestigious English Daily has hailed the former Indian Prime Minister...
Ajith Perera sees 'shadows of JO' behind recent waves of strikes
State Minister Ajith P Perera has charged that there could possibly be the 'shadows Joint Oppositio...
Indian Journalists send a gift to PM Ranil expressing their appreciation
A gift sent by Indian journalists to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expressing appreciation of...
Joint Opposition MPs seeking legal advice after boasting to be independent is ludicrous: Duminda Dissanayake
National Organiser of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Irrigation Minister Duminda Dissanayake has s...
Health Minister Rajitha in Jaffna declares open buildings at Jaffna Hospital
Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne declared open newly constructed buildings in the premises of t...
India's 72nd Independence Day celebrations in Colombo
A glittering ceremony was held in Colombo on Wednesday, August 15 to mark India's 72nd Independence...
Island's religious festivals are great moments to promote, embrace peace and reconciliation: PM in Madhu
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has observed that the large religious festivals observed by all...
CID to record statement from former President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Criminal Investigation Department is to record a statement from former President Mahinda Rajapaksa...
Cabinet's nod to Mangala's proposal to appoint Salaries Commissions
The proposal made by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to appoint a special Salaries Commission...
Premier Ranil Wickremasinghe inaugurates conservation week in Anuradhapura, receives blessing from Buddhist Monk
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe who inaugurated conservation work in Anuradhapura recently rece...
In the light of the Gospel, death penalty is inadmissible for it's an attack on inviolability, dignity of a person: Catholic Bishops' Conference
The Catholic Bishops' Conference in Sri Lanka has declared that in the light of the Gospel the deat...
Joint Opposition appoints committee to address the issue of its MPs to be independent in the House
The Joint Opposition has appointed a committee to go into the issues of its parliamentarians to fun...
Indian High Commissioner graces the 10th AGM of Indo-Lanka Chambers
High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu graced the 10th Annual General Meetin...
President in Kantalai, declares open ex Parliamentarian late Gunawardena's statue
President Maithripala Sirisena unveiled the statue of former Parliamentarian late K.D.S. Gunawarden...
Foreign Minister Marapana in Vavuniya
Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana visited Vavuniya recently and held discussions with Vavuniya Governm...
Abduction and disappearance of 11 youths; suspect 'Navy Sampath' taken into custody
The CID has arrested Hettiarachchi Mudiyanselage Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi alias Navy Sampath,...
Pakistan's Independence Day celebrated in Colombo
Pakistan's Independence Day was celebrated in a glittering ceremony held in Colombo on August 14 un...
Speaker and Opposition Leader grace the Seminar in Kandy on National Religious Harmony
- By J.M.Hafeez Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Opposition Leader R.Sampanthan graced the seminar on Na...
Queen Elizabeth recognizes Sri Lankan Prashan De Visser as the 65th Global Commonwealth Light
Sri Lankan Prashan De Visser has been recognized the 65th global Commonwealth Point of Light by Her...
Cabinet's nod to Akila's proposal for 13 year mandatory schooling for all students
The Cabinet of Ministers has given approval to a proposal submitted by the Minister of Education Ak...
So called opposition in the House is not real opposition: Vasudeva Nanayakkara
Joint Opposition Parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara has stated that the parliamentarians presentl...
Welikade Prison female inmates on roof top stir demanding expeditious trial
Female inmates at Welikada prison staged a demonstration on roof top of a building protesting again...
Kumar Sangakkara dismisses reports that he would contest presidential polls as rumours
Former Cricket Captain Kumar Sangakkara has dismissed reports that he will contest the forthcoming...
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CID records Mahinda Rajapakse's statement at his residence
Officials of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) recorded the statement of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at his residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 07 on Friday morning over the 2008 abduction
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Legislature
Offering mantle of opposition leader to UPFA will be a bad precedent in Parliamentary Democracy; Bimal cautions Dinesh
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Parliamentarian Bimal Rathnayake has observed that granting the post of the opposition leader to the JO will...
Joint Opposition seeking opposition leader's post will be mockery of democracy: Sumanthiran responds to Dinesh
Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian M A Sumanthiran has observed that Joint Opposition claiming the post of the opposition leader while...
Sampanthan holding opposition leader post is distortion of parliamentary democracy, Mahinda leads largest group: Dinesh
JO Leader Dinesh Gunawardena has pleaded that Tamil Naional Alliance Leader holding the post of the opposition leader is a...
Jayampathy Wickremaratne dismisses allegations of dividing the country through new constitution
United National Party Parliamentarian Constitutional Expert Dr. Jayampathy Wickremaratne has dismissed the allegation that there was an attempt to clandestinely...
Allegations of forgery etc are unfounded and deliberately made to mislead the country: Sumanthiran
Tamil National Alliance Parliamentarian M.A.Sumanthiran has denied allegations made by Joint Opposition Parliamentarians that certain signatures on the draft of...
A plot is hatched to oust President through constitutional amendment: Dayasiri Jayasekera
Former Minister and United Peoples Freedom Alliance MP Dayasiri Jayasekera has charged that a plot was being hatched to remove...
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Sri Lanka Cricket team on Tuesday visited the Apeksha Cancer Hospital in Maharagama and donated...
Road Show hosted ahead of Tamil Nadu Global Food Expo and Summit
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YWCA felicitates Jean Arasanyagam
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) has felicitated Jean Arsanayagam for winning the 2017 Gratiaen Prize....
All Island School Cycling 2018 held in Trincomalee
- By S.Kathiravan The All Island School Cycling 2018 contest was held in Trincomalee...
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Wellawatte Nithyakalyani Jewellery installed a drinking water dispenser for the general public in front of...
International Vesak celebrations in Malaysia
International Vesak Celebration was held at the Buddhist Maha Viharaya in Malaysia with the Most...
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