Elections Chief Dayananda Dissanayaka will allow international monitors to be present in all counting centers at the upcoming polls after the main opposition UNP made a request to the Commissioner to ensure that the accurate results are released, the UNP said.
Paffrel movement Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi had informed, that less than 10 candidates have revealed their property details. Even though totally 7620 candidates are contesting in the forthcoming parliament election, less than 10 candidates had revealed their property details....
A group of nine Sri Lankan sailors were deported to the country last night after they allegedly assaulted a senior officer of a foreign vessel off the Magagascar coast in the north seas. ...
UN Gen.Secretary Ban Ki Moon who had lamented that SL has not lived up to expectations based on the agreement between the UN and SL govt. after the war was over , has made arrangements to send Lynn Pascoe, Deputy Gen. Secretary to Sri Lanka shortly to have discussions with the SL Govt. officials with a view to studying the political situation here.
...
The iconic Time Warner Center in New York witnessed a rare opportunity, where a spicy Sri Lankan feast enticing a large gathering of top executives from the American corporate world. ...
A fire burnt down the renowned 130 year old ‘Keena Cottage’ in Nuwara Eliya today with most of the antiques and the library completely destroyed. ...
The Colombo Chief Magistrate today sentenced a bogus job agent to 11 years rigorous imprisonment for cheating 11 foreign job seekers for a sum of Rs.880,000. ...
The Supreme Court today listed for hearing to support Leave to Proceed and granting of interim relief for March 16 in the Fundamental Rights application filed by several UNP members seeking restoration of their security which was withdrawn after the dissolution of Parliament....
The Election Commissioner’s order to the IGP to remove all cutouts of candidates by March 3rd and to forward a report on the issue has not been applied to the cutouts put up by NFF Leader Wimal Weerawansa.
...
The comment made by Minister A.H. M. Fowzie at a public gathering that the most senior SLFP member Ratnasiri Wickremanyake should be re-appointed as the Prime Minister, has created a controversy among alliance leaders on the Prime Ministerial candidate in the next government, sources from the SLFP headquarters said....