Category: Politics

Mar 23, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena ordered to suspend the new transfers of police officers with immediate effect, the president office said in a statement.The statement said that the President has instructed that all police transfers be made under a special three-member committee comprising the President’s Secretary, Secretary to the Ministry […]

Mar 23, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Freedom Party chief organizer, John Seneviratne told LBO that the country has a higher chance of not going for an election in April 2015.“The president might not go for an election,” John Seneviratne told LBO.“We have not agreed on an election as a party.” Sri Lanka held its […]

Mar 23, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s journalists from print and electronic media institutions, today walked out of a press conference organized by the Finance Ministry after been kept there for almost two hours.The Ministry sent out the invitations calling for participation of the said media institutions last evening saying the press conference will start […]

Mar 22, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday formed a new national government absorbing SLFP parliamentarians in the opposition as new ministers.The President has appointed 11 new cabinet ministers, 5 State Ministers and 10 Deputy Ministers, the president media said. Cabinet Ministers 1. A.H.M.Fowzie – Minister of Disaster Management 2. S.B.Nawinna […]

Mar 22, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is to join the government today forming a national government in the island, a vice president of SLFP Minister Rajitha Senaratne said.Addressing a gathering at Kalutara, Senaratne revealed that SLFP parliamentarians are to take cabinet portfolios. “Today is another historic day.Sri Lanka Freedom Party who […]

Mar 20, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new rulers allowed the Chinese construction company to build the break water of the Chinese’s funded port city project which had been suspended by the government earlier March.The 1.4 billion US dollar Chinese Port City is to be constructed between the Southern edge of the new Colombo South […]

Mar 19, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government ally Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) on Thursday said they have put forward an observation paper to address the issues in the draft 19th amendment.JHU spokesperson and western provincial councilor Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe told LBO that the draft amendment has breached the consensus they arrived. “This gazette has […]

Mar 13, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government signed four bilateral agreements with the Indian government in Colombo, Friday to coincide with the Indian premiers visit.The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the island early this morning and was welcomed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Bandaranaike International Airport.Modi is the first Indian […]

Mar 13, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in an exclusive interview with ‘The Hindu’ newspaper has said that he has not yet decided on a political comeback. Full transcript of interview with former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa by Suhasini Haidar is reproduced below. This was an election you were so […]

Mar 13, 2015 (LBO) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived early this morning. He was welcomed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Bandaranaike International Airport. Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Lanka in 28 years. He will meet and hold talks with President Maithripala Sirisena later today. Modi will also […]

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 […]