Politics

Notice issued on Maithripala & Dayasiri The Colombo District court has issued notice to Sri Lanka Freedom Party Chairman Maithripala Sirisena & party secretary – Dayasiri Jayasekara to make submissions on Oct. 19 regarding the petition filed by Nimal Siripala…

Parliament to help establish electronic voting system in student parliament The Parliament of Sri Lanka has expressed its support for the installation of the electronic voting system in student parliaments operating across the country. As a start, an awareness program…

Order on Maithripala’s writ petition fixed for Friday The Court of Appeal today fixed for Friday (14) to announce whether it issues an order quashing the summons issued by Colombo Fort Magistrate on former President Maithripala Sirisena in connection with…

Oct 11, 2022 Cabinet approves to digitize driving licenses The Cabinet has approved the issuance of a digitized driving license instead of the current driving license. Cabinet Spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardana said this while speaking at the Cabinet news briefing…

      President instructs to streamline responses to public correspondence President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued instructions to streamline the process of responding to letters, emails and phone calls addressed to government institutions. The president has focussed his attention on…

Oct 11, 2022 SL to remain as a middle-income country – PMD The government stated that Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country. Sri Lanka no longer qualifies for International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) loans due to a…

SLPP’s new journey artificial: Maithripala Former President and Member of Parliament Maithripala Sirisena said the new journey commenced by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) from Kalutara is ‘artificial’ and ‘absurd’. The former president expressed these views while speaking to…

Japan – SL sign Memorandum of Cooperation Japan and Sri Lanka signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) for Low Carbon Growth Partnership this afternoon (10) at the Presidential Secretariat. The Memorandum of Cooperation on the…

Dallas gets stronger in Parliament It is reported that the number of MPs in the Freedom People’s Council (FPC) led by Dullas Ahalapperuma is to to increase to 20 MPs. Currently, there are only 13 MPs in the group and in order…

Two more committees in parliament Two more committees similar to the COPE and COPA committees are to be established in Parliament, reports say. According to parliament sources, government bigwigs have already agreed to give  the chairman posts to the opposition.…