Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga said last night that the new UPFA cabinet would be named in the next few days. The President will start work on the cabinet of ministers tonight, he said. While the last Cabinet consisted of 51 cabinet ministers, 39 non cabinet Ministers and 19 deputy ministers President Mahinda Rajapaksa [...]
By the year 2012, Sri Lanka would be in a position to introduce Euro 4 diesel, the best quality diesel used in developed countries, National Council for Economic Development Executive Director Don Jayaweera said. He told a recent workshop, titled Clean Fuels and Vehicles organized by the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) in Colombo, [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has silenced his critics both here and abroad by scoring a spectacular win at Thursday`s parliamentary polls. By giving him a huge majority, the people have reaffirmed their verdict at the presidential election in January. It is unfortunate that the final result could not be announced owing to the annulment of polling [...]
Australia will immediately suspend the processing of new asylum claims from people from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka as part of a raft of moves announced on Friday to combat people smuggling to Australia. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s government, due to hold an election later in 2010, is under increasing pressure to stem the arrival of [...]
Sri Lanka’s ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) is currently leading the general elections for the seventh parliament with a total of 117 seats while the main opposition alliance United National Front has managed to secure 46 seats from 20 districts. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has received 12 seats and the Democratic National Alliance [...]
Trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange saw the All Share Price Index reaching its highest ever recorded point of 3,870.3 yesterday (06 April) moving up by 88.4 points (2.3 percent) as against the previous day. The Milanka Price Index reached its highest ever point of 4441.1 points, moving up by 92.1 points (2.1 percent) as [...]
It is all systems go as the nation elects a new Parliament today in the first General Election to be held in post war Sri Lanka. It is the second major election in four months following the Presidential Election in January this year. The Elections Commissioner’s Department said all arrangements have been put in place [...]
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today declared open the new Oddamavadi Bridge across the lagoon in Valachchenai in Batticaloa District. The 250-meter long and 10.5-meter wide bridge constructed at a cost of Rs 770 million across the Oddamavadi lagoon lies along the Batticaloa-Trincomalee A-15 main road. Work on the new bridge commenced on November 17, [...]
TAMIL Tiger terrorist group supporters in Australia were secretly taped praising the use of suicide squads and child soldiers. One of them also allegedly provided the Sri Lankan terrorist group with enough electronic equipment to help make and remotely explode more than 500 bombs. A two-year joint Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police investigation was [...]
Though the government claims that former Army chief General (retired) Sarath Fonseka’s health is satisfactory, his health, in fact, is deteriorating, said his wife Anoma Fonseka addressing a media briefing at their residence in Colombothis morning. He is being still detained in an annex with poor ventilation and when they urge the authorities to provide [...]
