Politicians forget everything they speak during election time
By C. V. Wigneswaran. ...
Revenue on excise, vehicle tax jumps over 20pc
Sri Lanka's government revenues jumped by more than a fifth in the first seven months of this year, data showed on Thursday, as the new...
The disappeared: Sri Lanka’s missing persons
The summer monsoon air was hot and clammy as it swept through a small room inside an old building on the northern tip of Sri...
Sri Lanka Elections: After a High Stakes Bet, Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Future Hangs by Thread
All eyes will be on Sri Lanka as the country's parliamentary election results unfold on Monday as former president Mahinda Rajapaksa makes a desperate attempt...
Canadian Government expects to see tangible results
On Tuesday August 11, the Canadian Foreign Minister Rob Nicholson along with Minister of State Sport Hon Bal Gosal and Conservative Members of Parliament Parm...
Will Rajapaksa make a political comeback ?
Claiming to be a "reluctant returnee" to mainstream politics after his defeat in the January polls, former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa confidently maintains not...
Elect a party that can harness the parties in the South to deliver our rights through diplomacy
Tamil social activists led by legal luminary Kandiah Neelakandan have appealed to the Tamils in the north and east to exercise their sacred franchise without...
Wigneswaran urges Tamils to vote for ‘sovereignty and self-determination’
The Chief Minister of the Northern Province called on Tamil voters across the North-East to vote for the party that assures sovereignty and self-determination of...
BTC wants EU to ensure the will of the people
The British Tamil Conservatives (BTC) in a press release urged the European Union election observers to be vigilant with regard to possible manipulation of preferential...
Won’t Make You PM
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena dashed Mahinda Rajapakse's hopes on Thursday of a political comeback in next week's general election by vowing to veto any...
Respect labor rights to regain GSP+; wage hike alone not enough: GZEU
Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Zones and General Services Employees Union has called apparel exporters to protect labour rights to regain the tax concessions under GSP...