G.L. urges president to dissolve parliament
MP Prof. G.L. Peiris has urged president Ranil Wickremesinghe to dissolve parliament, claiming the present government has no people’s mandate whatsoever.
MP Prof. G.L. Peiris has urged president Ranil Wickremesinghe to dissolve parliament, claiming the present government has no people’s mandate whatsoever.
An estimated 3,000 state sector employees who are on no-pay leave to contest the local government polls cannot report back for three months if the election is postponed, said a circular issued by the Ministry of Public Administration.
The National People’s Power (NPP) has entrusted its national defence policy to a former Army officer whose contingent of Sri Lankan peacekeepers to Haiti stands accused of sexual exploitation of children.
Hundreds of relatives of missing Tamils marched in Kilinochchi today (20) demanding an international investigation into crimes by the state.
The Election Commission has informed the Supreme Court about factors that impede it from holding the local government polls as scheduled.
Director General of the South Asia Department of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Teruyuki Ito said that Sri Lanka's economic reform program is progressing positively and that Sri Lanka will be supported in the future through the programs of the International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
A motion to request the expeditious hearing of the writ application filed by a retired Army colonel, W.M.R. Wijesundera, needed not be supported, his lawyers informed the Supreme Court today (20).
JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has invited opposition leader Sajith Premadasa for an open dialogue on their respective political policies instead of grumbling at every opportunity.
The SJB is due to hold a major protest in Colombo later today (20) against government attempts to put off the local government polls.
Police fired water cannons and teargas to disperse protesting university students and arrested six of them near Kelaniya University yesterday (19).