Approving nominations by SLFP candidates will be problematic at future elections in the event its internal crisis continues further, said the Election Commission.
The Catholic Church or Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith is yet to respond to invites to point out shortcomings in police investigations so far into the Easter Sunday attacks, said public security minister Tiran Alles.
MP C.V. Vigneswaran has advised Sinhala leaders to read a newly-launched publication and understand how Tamils in Sri Lanka became marginalized.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), in its quarterly reports, says 2,565,365 Sri Lankans have left the country for various reasons in the past two years.
Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (23) said that he and his party were ready for a debate with JVP/NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the latter’s team next month.
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Ebrahim Raisi, is set to visit the island nation today (24) in response to a special invitation extended by President Ranil Wickremasinghe, marking the first visit of an Iranian President to Sri Lanka since former President Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit in April 2008.
UNP leader for the Colombo district Ravi Karunanayake has called upon all to set aside their petty political ideologies and unite in order to overcome the economic crisis.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has ridiculed the government over its purported claim of building the country even after failing to provide a quality meal for schoolchildren.
A top delegation of the Chinese Communist Party headed by Vice Minister of its International Department, Sun Haiyan, met National People's Power leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the JVP head office today (23).
Public security minister Tiran Alles has warned top police officials of removal from their position if they fail to meet the targets he expects of them.
