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42 Minutes ago on Sep 8, 2010 5:47 PM
Six parliamentarians of the main opposition UNP crossed over to the ruling UPFA a short while ago. The MPs joined the government ranks during the House debate on the 18th amendment to ... |
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46 Minutes ago on Sep 8, 2010 5:43 PM
The Colombo meeting of the Java World Congress in November will study the use of Information Technology for ending poverty, said its secretary general Dr. Ishantha Siribaddana. He was ... |
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1 Hour ago on Sep 8, 2010 4:45 PM
Senior lecturer Dr. Terrence Purasinghe has been removed from the position of chief evaluator of the G.C.E. Advanced Level political science paper, which he had held for the past 20 years. A... |
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2 Hours ago on Sep 8, 2010 3:41 PM
The owner of a printing press and his family members, said to have been gone missing in Nugegoda, are now found to be in police custody. SP of Nugegoda Division Deshabandu Tennakoon co... |
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2 Hours ago on Sep 8, 2010 3:34 PM
The Sri Lanka Nature Forum today (Sep. 09) held a special workshop on seeking solutions for environmental issues through the use of Information Technology. The workshop, held at the au... |
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4 Hours ago on Sep 8, 2010 2:18 PM
Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says Parliament has no right to pass the constitutional reforms even as the House debate on the proposed amendments is underway. It will be an an... |
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5 Hours ago on Sep 8, 2010 12:32 PM
The closing ceremony for the 30 Day Training Program held for 50 Youth from Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Point Pedro under the "Youth for Social integration & Sustainable Development Program" will be ... |
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8 Hours ago on Sep 8, 2010 10:22 AM
The proposed constitutional reforms have been backed by the only Sinhalese MPs in the Tamil National Alliance. Parliamentarian for Digamadulla P. Piyasena has decided to vote with the ... |
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8 Hours ago on Sep 8, 2010 10:21 AM
Sri Lanka has been urged to use Malaysia as a springboard to enter the ASEAN market, which is home to over half a billion consumers. Malaysia's high commissioner in Colombo Rosli Ismai... |
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19 Hours ago on Sep 7, 2010 11:15 PM
The JVP staged a major protest in Colombo this afternoon (Sept. 07) and vowed to fight against the draft constitutional reforms tabled in Parliament. Thousands of supporters of the par... |
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19 Hours ago on Sep 7, 2010 11:15 PM
Teledrama actress turned politician Upeksha Swarnamali has met president Mahinda Rajapaksa and extended her support to the constitutional amendments. Accompanied by her husband Mahesh ... |
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19 Hours ago on Sep 7, 2010 11:15 PM
Police have raided the political office of JVP MP for Colombo Sunil Handunnetti a couple of hours ago, said the party's media unit. Police had claimed they had been tipped off that lea... |
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1 Day ago on Sep 7, 2010 6:14 PM
Parliament today (Sept. 07) further extended the state of emergency by a further month, without a vote being called. Most of the opposition members staged a walkout earlier in the day ... |
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1 Day ago on Sep 7, 2010 6:14 PM
A group of youths from northern Sri Lanka was told how Japan, an underdeveloped country in the 1940s, came to be one of the strongest world economies within the next two decades. A com... |
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1 Day ago on Sep 7, 2010 4:10 PM
The UNP walked out of Parliament this afternoon (Sept. 07) after its leader said the opposition members will not take part in the debate on the proposed constitutional reforms. Its lea... |
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