Opinion: The PM should aggressively defend independence of the Constitutional Council
February 15, 2019 (LBO) – The past few days have seen pointed verbal attacks on the Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Council. First by Wijedasa …
Politics
Mangala wants to change state media into public service media; committee appointed
Feb 11, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera today appointed a committee to look into the possibility of converting …
Opinion: Sri Lanka’s Quest for a Rules-based Indian Ocean
February 6, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Quest for A Rules-based Indian Ocean Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja and Dr. Dinusha Panditaratne* The evolution of Sri …
Sri Lanka expects to make certain amendments to Singapore FTA: President
Jan 25, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President has discussed with the Prime Minister of Singapore that the Sri Lankan side is expecting to make certain …
US Navy conducts temporary cargo transfer initiative in Sri Lanka
Jan 23, 2019 (LBO) – United States Navy will perform a transfer operation to move cargo between planes at Bandaranaike International Airport outside Colombo …
Mahinda to seek mandate for constitutional reforms at next national election
Jan 23, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Leader of the Opposition, Mahinda Rajapaksa says that they will be putting forward their own proposals at the next …
Parliamentary committee hands over report about recent unruly incidents
Jan 22, 2019 (LBO) – Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today received the report of the Special Parliamentary Committee that investigated into the unruly incidents in …
Toll free hotline ‘1984’ launched to obtain tip-offs about drug smugglers
Jan 21, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has inaugurated a hotline for the public to inform authorities about the acts of drug …
State vehicles are not exempted from carbon tax: Finance Ministry
Jan 17, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry says the Carbon Tax, which came into effect from January this year, is applicable to all vehicles and …
President appoints commission of inquiry to probe corruption from 2015 – 2018
Jan 17, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a commission of inquiry to look into the alleged corruption cases and …
Sri Lanka President appoints more non-cabinet ministers
Jan 11, 2019 (LBO) – Three more parliamentarians have been sworn in by President Maithripala Sirisena to Sri Lanka’s government. Issuing a …
Chinese Ambassador reiterates support to develop Sri Lanka economy
Jan 10, 2019 (LBO) – Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera met with the Chinese Ambassador Cheng XueYuan and the delegation at the Treasury today, the …
No one knows what will happen to economy in the coming months: MR
Jan 09, 2019 (LBO) – Leader of the Opposition, Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the country faces three major dangers as the country complete four …
Democracy Index 2018: Sri Lanka ranking falls more than others in region after crisis
Jan 09, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s democracy ranking has fallen more than any other country in the region with a marked decrease in its score from 6.48 in …
EU Parliamentarians meet Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister
Jan 03, 2019 (LBO) – Two European Union Parliamentary Members Lord William Dartmouth and Geoffrey Van Orden who visited Sri Lanka as members of the …
Sri Lanka’s new Cabinet of Ministers sworn in
Dec 20, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new Cabinet of Ministers was sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, today. …
MR named opposition leader, Kiriella leader of the house
Dec 18, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Speaker of parliament Karu Jayasuriya named Mahinda Rajapaksa the Leader of the Opposition, Tuesday when the …
Opinion: Give Ranil a break and allow him space to put Sri Lanka back together
December 17, 2018 (LBO) – Remember where we have been. In the moments after October 26th, and the days immediately following, Sri Lanka reached all time …
We welcome democratic resolution of political crisis: Delegation of EU
Dec 17, 2018 (LBO) – Delegation of the European Union in agreement with the EU Ambassadors and the Norwegian Ambassador resident in Colombo on Monday …
I appointed Ranil W as PM to respect parliamentary traditions: President
The special statement made by Maithripala Sirisena after the new Prime Minister sworn-in The January 08, 2015 Presidential election was an extraordinary …