Major General Shavendra Silva has been appointed as the 23rd Commander of the Sri Lanka Army by President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago.
Presidential candidate of the National People’s Power (NPP), Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Leader, MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that national security could be permanently ensured not by setting up security checkpoints but by ensuring national unity.
Issues over the Sri Lankan citizenship of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate,
President Maithripala Sirisena last week sought a determination on whether the provincial council (PC) polls
Questions have been raised as to the legality of SL President’s decision to award military honours to to two wartime commanders including a suspect in a criminal case regarding the enforced disappearance of 11 people.
The President has approved the name of Major General Shavendra Silva for the post of Army Commander and he is to assume duties as the new Army Commander on Sunday (August 18), Sinhala weekly newspaper Anidda reported.
The amendments prepared to be added to the Presidential Elections Act according to the 19th amendment to the constitution in relation to the constitutional provision which
The police probe being carried out into the alleged irregularities in the issuing of a new passport to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa is now under pressure with Rajapaksa loyalists exerting pressure on the police department to stall the probe, The Leader learns.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s name has not been included in the official US Government publication “Quarterly Publication of Individuals, Who Have Chosen To Expatriate”, or renounce US citizenship, in the 2nd quarter of 2019 - covering 1 March to 30 June.
Political sources say that the United National Front (UNF) has decided to name the presidential candidate of the alliance on the same day
