Constitutional amendment to allow for prompt presidential polls?
The government is planning a constitutional amendment that will allow the incumbent to call a prompt presidential election.
The government is planning a constitutional amendment that will allow the incumbent to call a prompt presidential election.
A three-pronged approach has been discussed to deal with the provincial governors who have ignored a call to step-down, said Presidential Secretariat sources.
Seven personnel belonging to Sri Lanka’s Tri-Forces have reportedly gone missing in France while participating in the 2023 World Military Triathlon Championship.
Former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has extended assistance for sports development in two schools in Mullaitivu.
Only Rs. 2.8 trillion of assets remain accountable in various loan projects for which investments of Rs. 8.2 trillion had been made between 2006 and 2021, according to an audit report on state financial statements.
The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has paid special attention to the improper use of the doctor and professor titles given to certain individuals by various institutions.
A fundamental rights petition filed by British woman instagrammer Kayleigh Fraser challenging the Sri Lankan authorities’ decision to deport her from Sri Lanka has been dismissed by the Supreme Court with costs fixed at Rs. 500,000.
In 25 years when Sri Lanka has reached the path of success, the youth could proudly claim that it was the step taken by us today that led to the system change which paved the way for the country’s success, president Ranil Wickremesinghe said.
An island wide survey conducted by the Westminster Foundation for Democracy showed that 65% of Sri Lankans across all districts supported changing the Constitution to expressly guarantee the rights of the LGBT+ community.
Some of the Tamils cornered to a narrow strip of coastal land in the north during the final days of the war survived on Mullivaikkal congee.