May 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena says he will not retire from politics in 2020 as there is more work to be done for the country. The President made this statement at the May Day rally of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party held at Chen…
Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka’s president announced Monday he will not retire at the end of his term despite a previous pledge, and said he will seek to form a new government excluding politicians who have committed murder. Maithripala Sirisena told a public rally in the former war zone of Batticaloa that …
Both sides "expressed satisfaction with the decades-long and traditionally friendly relations between Serbia and Sri Lanka, with particular emphasis on the possibilities of developing cooperation in the economic field" and in this context agr…
ECONOMYNEXT – President Maithripala Sirisena on Monday ended all speculation about his political future saying he will not retire in 2020 when his current term ends and wants to form a government without "murderers." He quashed what he called…
President Maithripala Sirisena says he will not retire by 2020 as he has to fulfil a lot more responsibilities. He said this while addressing the May Day rally organized by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party at Mawediwembu in Chenkalady, Batticaloa today (May…
The vehicular traffic along the Ella-Wellawaya main road has come to a standstill after an earth embankment collapsed at Karandagolla, Police said. They said a tree had also fallen across the road along with the earth embankment blocking the road from …
Speaking at the rally President Sirisena said every politician should be honest and the people shouldn’t be deceived for the sake of power. Furthermore, he stated that some politicians are trying to take over power without any program in place, so the Sri Lanka Freedom Party hopes to use the past …
The Meteorology Department today warned of thunderstorms accompanied by severe lightning and thunder in Eastern, Western, Sabaragamuwa, …
A meeting with Maldives in Malaysia. Relations between India and her southern maritime neighbour – the Maldives – are undoubtedly going through a strained period. So it was quite surprising for the Indian military delegation at the Defence Services Exh…
Sri Lanka is surrounded by oceans therefore, all the weather systems which originate over Bay of Bengal, Southeast Arabian Sea and Indian ocean usually affect the island nation.