Category: Politics
MCC will be submitted to Parliament once it is signed: Finance Ministry
Oct 31, 2019 (LBO) – The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s compact agreement and the program implementation agreement will be submitted to and enacted by Parliament of Sri Lanka once it is signed, the Finance Ministry said. Releasing a statement, the ministry said that the agreement will also be published in the Government Gazette before its entry […]
MCC should not be hurriedly signed before a decisive election: MR
Oct 31, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa says that no agreement should be hurriedly signed with a foreign government just days before a decisive presidential election. The Cabinet this week decided to enter into a pact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation of the United States. Releasing a statement Rajapaksa says that […]
”s time, UNP needs Ranil more than ever
October 30, 2019 (LBO) – Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa appears to be the man of the moment. The 70 year old former Lieutenant Colonel in the Sri Lanka Army, turned American, returned as Defence Secretary is likely just weeks away from taking oaths and assuming office as the President of Sri Lanka. His journey to Sri […]
‘s cabinet approves MCC grant of USD 480 Million
Oct 29, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers today approved the implementation of 480 million US dollars MCC grant that consists of grant funds for traffic management in Colombo, road construction Island wide, and land administration improvements covering the whole country. These compact programmes to be funded by this project have been developed […]
Ranil congratulates Trump on successful operation to destroy ISIS leader
October 28, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe officially congratulated President Donald Trump and the United States Military on its successful operation to destroy the leader of ISIS. Sri Lanka’s PM was the political leader who had to take charge of the security effort during Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings as the […]
US court dismisses lawsuit against Gota; Ahimsa to appeal decision
Oct 22, 2019 (LBO) – The United States District Court for the Central District of California has granted Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s motion to dismiss Ahimsa Wickrematunge’s lawsuit against him. The Court has held that it lacks the jurisdiction to consider Wickrematunge’s claims, because, Rajapaksa is entitled to common law foreign official immunity. The Court has found […]
Sri Lanka urges UN Secretariat to fulfill financial obligations to peacekeepers
Oct 21, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka urges the United Nations Secretariat to fulfill its financial obligations with regards to the peacekeepers identified to be replaced, at the point of repatriation and adds that it was important for the UN Secretariat to ensure a predictive system of payment on all dues concerning peacekeeping operations. Sri […]
‘s presidential election history
Oct 16, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s National Election Commission anticipates the highest ever voter turnout in the country’s presidential election history with the upcoming polls scheduled to be held on 16 November 2019. Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya told reporters Wednesday that the commission is expecting a voter turnout close to 85 […]
Opinion: JVP and TNA voters have seen thousands dead, but neither Presidential candidate seems to care
October 16, 2019 (LBO) – Violence in Sri Lanka has not been uncommon in the last few decades. Tens of thousands of people have been lost in civil wars and insurrections that have plagued the island nation for the past generation.Citizens of Sri Lanka know almost no other reality than one with a history of […]
AmCham Sri Lanka launches “Meet the Candidate” series
The American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka announced the ‘Meet the Candidate’ series, at which the main Presidential Candidates will be hosted at a forum designed to discuss and express their proposed policies. The first in this series will take place this Friday, October 11 at the Hilton Colombo, with Sajith Premadasa, Presidential Candidate, […]
First Capital expects possible easing of political uncertainty post elections
Oct 10, 2019 (LBO) – The completion of Sri Lanka’s election cycle is most probably likely to resolve political uncertainty in the local front, the First Capital Research said. Releasing the First Capital’s mid-year economic outlook, the research arm said they believe that immediately following the Presidential Election a new Prime Minister being appointed, though […]
Sri Lanka presidential rivals hand in nominations
Oct 07, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka presidential rivals handed in their nomination papers for the upcoming Presidential Election. Minister Sajith Premadasa and his main rival in elections next month, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa, handed in their poll nomination papers. Premadasa representing New Democratic Front and Rajapakse representing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna were among […]