PRIME MINISTER MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA IS TO CHAIR A MEETING AT TEMPLE TREES IN THE ABSENCE OF PRESIDENT

Special meeting at Temple Trees for ministers while President is overseas A special discussion is to be held at Temple Trees at 10.00 am tomorrow (14) chaired by Prime minister – Mahinda Rajapaksa. A statement issued by the Department of…

IN AN EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE NOTIFICATION AS PROROGUED PARLIAMENT UNTIL JANUARY 18 2022 at 10 AM

Parliament prorogued President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in an Extraordinary Gazette has prorogued Parliament with effect from midnight yesterday (12) until 10 am on January 18, 2022.

YUGADANVI POWER PLANT PROJECT TO BE DICUSSED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY FOCUSSING ON THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES CRISIS

Yugadanavi deal to be discussed at Cabinet The meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers scheduled to be held today (13) will focus more attention on the foreign exchange reserves crisis. Finance Ministry Secretary Sajith Attygalle and Central Bank Governor Ajith…

LONG TERM EFFORTS IN LABOUR MOVEMENT OF 10 TRADE UNION ACTIVISTS RECOGNIZED BY PAYING TRIBUTES

State honors for 10 Trade Union activists State tributes will be paid to 10 prominent trade union leaders in recognition of their long-term efforts in the country’s labor movement. The event will be held on Dec. 15 at Temple Trees…

ALLEGED BRITISH CITIZENSHIP SAGA OF SAMAGI JANA BALAVEGAYA (SJB) DIANA GAMAGE, HELD UP SEEKS CHIEF JUSTICE’S INTERVENTION

Probe into SJB MP’s alleged British citizenship held up: CJ’s intervention sought Civil society activist Oshala Herath has sought Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya’s intervention to expedite investigations into a complaint he lodged with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Nov…

MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA SAYS SARCASTICALLY TO PROTESTING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SJB THAT MORE NEEDED FOR A PROTEST

More MPs needed for a protest – PM tells SJB Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met with the members of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya who were protesting outside the Parliament complex today morning (06). A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s…

A SOVEREIGN VOTER’S ‘OUT OF THE BOX’ PACKAGE ON “ELECTORAL REFORMS” FOR BENEFITS -2021 BY BERNARD FERNANDO

“Look NOT at the FINGER, but at the MOON “ “ A Sovereign voter’s ‘Out-of-the-Box’ package of proposals on ‘Electoral Reforms’ with benefits-2021 – By Bernard Fernando Main issues to be resolved by the proposals 1) Voters not considering ‘Election…

PRESIDENT GOTABHAYA RAJAPAKSA COMPLETES TWO YEARS -FOUNDATION LAID FOR PROSPERITY AMID CHALLENGES

A solid foundation for prosperity amid challenges President Gotabaya Rajapaksa inspecting an Organic Fertilizer Processing Centre at Bunnahepola in Udubaddawa.   President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reached a significant milestone in his Presidency last week, completing two years in office as the…

WHAT ARE GOTABHAYA’s STRATEGIES ON ESCALATING CALAMITY?

What are Gotabaya’s tactics on escalating calamity? While the university academia has their guns trained on the President, principals and teachers have been on strike for months demonstrating on the streets for long overdue salary increments. Gotabhaya as President has…

“Yahapalanaya was springboard for refined livelihood……article explains what was achieved at the end of of one year in Government

“Yahapalanaya” was springboard for refined livelihood      Yahapalanaya is the novel elevated profile count to the Sri Lankan political glossary. Henchmen and loyalists of the preceding Rajapaksa command fondness to whirl around this expression, jazz on it and strive and compose…