Category: Politics
Sri Lanka’s Chamber of Commerce to host a business forum with Indian Prime Minister
Mar 11, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s premier business chamber is organizing an evening event to host a business forum with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi which will be attended by top business leaders in the island. The visiting Indian Prime Minister will address 400 local businessmen on 13th Friday, in Colombo. Chairman of the […]
’s President
Mar 10, 2015 (LBO) –Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena held bilateral discussions with Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon,March 9, 2015 in London. President Sirisena is on an official visit to the UK.
Modi plans to script a golden chapter in Indo – Lanka relationship
Mar 09, 2015 (LBO) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is set to visit Sri Lanka on March 13 and 14 and said he planned to take Indo-Lanka relations to a new level during his visit.œIndia is committed in its support for Sri Lanka’s development and am sure together we are going to script […]
’s new administration to get public opinion on their work
Mar 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new administration has launched a special survey to find out the opinion of the General public and to analyze the progress of the 100 days programme. Also the public can communicate via telephone 011-2477915. Details of this programme could be obtained from on line portal www.pmm.gov.lk. œAim of […]
’s President visits India
Feb 15, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena is to leave for India today as his first official foreign visit after assumed office in January. President will also attend religious observances at Bodh Gaya Temple and Tirupati Hindu Temple. In a telephone conversation with Priseident Sirisena on 13th Friday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
’s former president Rajapakse goes to jail: Report
Feb 09, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapakse visited his recently acquired ally Tissa Attanayake today. He is accused of fabricating a document to discredit President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe. Rajapakse spent a few minutes at the Welikada Prison Hospital where Attanayake has been warded since he was remanded a week […]
‘s President to become party leader: Source
Jan 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Maithripala Sirisena to become the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) today, a source said. Former president and leader of SLFP Mahinda Rajapakse has agreed to step down as the party chairman, allowing new president to take full control. Sirisena had been the […]
’t remove army barriers from North: Maithripala
Jan 01, 2015 (LBO) –Sri Lanka’s common opposition Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena said, that his government would not remove the military barriers from one war ravaged Northern parts of the island.
Sri Lanka Muslim Party to support Maithri
Dec 29,2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s main Muslim party, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Sunday quit the government and pledged support to the opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena at the forthcoming Presidential Election, a media report said. Muslims, the second largest minority in the island after Hindu Tamils, account for about 10 percent. Sri Lanka Muslim Congress […]
Opposition presidential candidate Sirisena says the govt has not given enough freedom for businesses in Sri Lanka
Dec 24, 2014 (LBO) – Opposition’s common presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena said that the government had not given enough freedom for business community of Sri Lanka to do business activities and entertain only certain businesses who supported government policy regime. œNeither the OPEC nor any other international guru or super economist couldn’t predict the oil […]
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Dec 24,2014 (LBO)- Sri Lanka’s opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he would deal directly with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington instead of dealing with the ˜local jokers’ if they formed a new government. He made this comment speaking about the IMF Fund assessment which was okay with the exchange rate. œYou are […]
SriLankan Airline and Mihin Lanka had become White Elephants: Maithri
Dec 24, 2014 (LBO): Sri Lanka’s State-run SriLankan Airlines and Mihin Lanka, a budget airline had become White Elephants, destroying the money of the common man, common opposition Presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena said. œMihin Air is a massive national robbery which has been done openly, Sirisena said at a business forum yesterday. œThis was done […]