The burqa is banned in the Netherlands
The law, which was introduced in June last year, has been in place since the ban on burqa and niqab in public places in the Netherlands. Anyone who refuses to do so will be...
UNP does not have voice in leadership council – Maithri Gunaratne
Whenever Ranil Wickremesinghe was in crisis, a leadership council was created, but it does not represent the voice of the UNP, says Central Province Governor Maithree Gunaratne. Speaking at a press conference in Kandy,...
Ranil-Rajitha alliance: The UNP’s predicament
A majority of the United National Party (UNP) parliamentarians claim that the political alliance under the name of Democratic National Front, which is being formed by Minister Rajitha Senaratne with the blessings of UNP...
Shangri-La bomber telephone conversation confirms April 21 attack as revenge attack: Ruwan
Defense Minister Ruwan Wijewardena told Parliament yesterday that the Shangri-La hotel bomber and his wife had received a telephone conversation on April 21 in an attempt to avenge the Christchurch mosque shootings and harassment...
New passport issued to Gotabhaya on May 7: Immigration Chief
Controller General of Immigration and Emigration, R. M. P. S. B. Rathnayake yesterday said a new passport was issued to former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on May 7 this year. However, he said the...
Assets of Batticaloa Campus cannot be taken over under any law: Hisbullah
Former Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M. Hisbullah said yesterday there was no legal provision to take over the assets of the Batticaloa Campus (Pvt) Ltd to the government as suggested by certain people. He told...
Four names for UNP ticket
UNP MP for Anuradhapura District Chandima Gamage mentioned Public Enterprise Development Minister Lakshman Kiriella as yet another possible presidential candidate alongside Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and Housing, Construction and Cultural Affairs...
I will implement programmes envisaged by my father – Sajith
If the people take the correct decision at the end of this year, I will implement all the programmes that were envisaged by my father, the former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, Housing, Construction and Cultural...
SLPP signs MoU with 10 political parties
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 10 political parties to form a new political alliance. These 10 political parties do not represent parliament and are not...
Remaining seven Muslim MPs to be sworn-in today
The remaining seven out of the nine Muslim parliamentarians who resigned their Ministerial portfolios, are to be sworn-in as Cabinet Ministers before President Maithripala Sirisena this morning at the Presidential Secretariat in the same...