Sri Lanka's Speaker Karu Jayasuriya praised the Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) for their contribution to protect the democracy by acting as a watchdog against corruption.
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21st Nov 2024 | Updated at 06:42am 21st Nov 2024
Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for constitutional changes to curb minority parties
- 08 Jan 2020
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Trouble brewing in post-election Sri Lanka
- 11 Dec 2019
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stressed the need to link the Northern Province with southern development corridors to develop its economy...
Floods and landslide have affected a large number of people in Sri Lanka and approximately 17,976 families have been evacuated to 265 welfare centres in nine districts, the DMC said
Heavy rains accompanied by lightning claimed at least seven lives and displaced more than 1,000 people in Sri Lanka, officials said.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has urged both public and private sector to fill up vacancies so that the problem of unemployment in the country can be solved.
Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the United National Party (UNP) would form its own government in 2020.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has opened the second session of the eighth parliament on Tuesday.
Eighteen Cabinet Ministers were sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat on Tuesday morning
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet soon for crucial discussions on the impending cabinet reshuffle
In a surprise move, the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has suspended parliament until May 8, days after fractures appeared in the island nation’s...
