Reasserting his majority in Parliament, UNP leader MP Ranil Wickremesinghe won the Vote of Confidence yesterday in Parliament, receiving 117 votes wit ..
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday warned that politics is clouding Sri Lanka’s growth prospects despite being in developing Asia’s fastes
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Hutch yesterday revealed plans to invest $ 200 million in the medium term post-merger with Etisalat to bolster 4G services and win more businesses in
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The appeal filed against the interim order issued by the Court of Appeal restraining Mahinda Rajapaksa from holding the office of Prime Minister and h
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Developers of ‘The One – Sri Lanka’ project The One Transwork Square Ltd. announced that it has completed 24 floors of the 80-floor hotel and re
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The International Trade and Investment Promotion Ministry yesterday categorically denied news articles stating that further actions on the Sri Lanka-S
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The Court of Appeal yesterday overruled the Preliminary Objection raised by the Respondent on the non-compliance of Rule of the Court involving a tech
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The Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPA), in a statement yesterday, expressed its deep concern over the political impasse and
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Sri Lanka’s political crisis continues. The attempted coup is a huge mess. No one knows how the imbroglio will end, although the coup has been faili
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Parliamentarian Sajith Premadasa yesterday appealed to President Maithripala Sirisena to end the Constitutional standoff by accepting MP Ranil Wickrem
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Sri Lanka’s two main political parties holding the Prime Minister post by turn has only resulted in the continuation of corruption and fraud, charge
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Following the Vote of Confidence yesterday, confirming UNP MP Ranil Wickremesinghe as having the confidence of Parliament, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has
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Lawmakers of the UNP, ITAK and the JVP unanimously agreed yesterday that no decision of the Speaker could be challenged by any forum outside Parliamen
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Three skeletal remains uncovered at the mass grave found in Mannar appear to have been tied with some substance, according to the Judicial Medical Off
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In the wake of discussions over the possibility of bringing changes to the 19th Amendment, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Dullas Alahpperuma ye
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By Ashwin Hemmathagama – Our Lobby Correspondent The Committee appointed to investigate the unruly behaviour of lawmakers after Parliament was rec
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NEW DELHI (Reuters): The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party lost power in three key states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, dealin
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The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new building of the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt was convened on 12 December at the Embass
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A forum on democracy held in memory of late Somesasunthary Krishnakumar, University of Jaffna Senior Lecturer in History, was held at the Trimmer Hall
Thursday, 13 December 2018
We are living through fascinating times dominated by online conversations with offline taking backstage. From the Arab spring to Yellow vests in Franc
Thursday, 13 December 2018
“Leader of PLOTE and TNA MP D. Dharmalingam …stated that he believes that Ranil Wickremesinghe has handed in a written assurance of several
promi
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Xi Jinping’s story resembles the story of Moses in many ways. Moses (Prophet Musa as known to Muslims) though an Israeli, was adopted by the Egyptia
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
The executive presidency was established in 1978. Since then there has never been as much hope for its abolishment as there is right now. It however s
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Decades of sustained economic growth have left the Asia Pacific with few lower-income countries. Absolute poverty levels are and will continue to keep
