Category: Politics
‘s new president to be sworn today
Jan 09, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s newly elected president Maithripala Sirisena is to be sworn in today (09) evening at 6 pm in Independence Square, Colombo,a media release said. Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa has left Temple Trees following a brief discussion with the opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe on Friday morning. Opposition leader Ranil […]
Sri Lanka chooses Maithripala Sirisena as the new executive president, stocks jump
Jan 09, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s elections commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya on Friday officially announced that Maithripala Sirisena has been elected as the new president of Sri Lanka. Maithripala Sirisena has obtained 6,217,162 votes or 51.28 percent of the total votes while his main opponent Mahinda Rajapaksa has bagged 5,768,090 votes or 47.58 percent of […]
’s President Rajapaksa says delivered what he promised: VIDEO
Jan 09, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s outgoing president Mahinda Rajapaksa says he bows down to people’s choice as he wants to uphold what he promised. 2005 Mahinda Chintana says a ruler is only a temporary trustee and not an owner of this country. This is the time that promise will be fulfilled, Rajapaksa said. […]
’s Presidential polls begins
Jan 08,2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka president polls commenced at 8 in the morning today and will continue till 4 pm. President Rajapaksa contesting for a third term seeking power. He is challenged by former health minister Maithripala Sirisena who defected to the opposition. About 15,044,490 voters has been registered for the election. About 12,314 […]
’s Presidential Election
Jan 08, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s voter turnout exceeded 70 percent in Kalutara, Nuwara Eliya, Matara and Ratnapura districts, Election Returning Office (ERO) said. Kalutha has reported 70 percent while Nuwara Eliya is 80 percent, Matara 73 percent, Trincomalee 72 percent Ratnapura 84 percent Kegalle 75 percent, kandy 76 percent, Galle 73 percent Puttalam […]
’s election chief agrees new measures for vote counting: Bar Association
Jan 06, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s election commissioner has agreed to a set of proposals aimed at holding a transparent vote counting process, the bar association of Sri Lanka said. The proposals for the upcoming presidential election include, polls monitors to be informed of the results of the counting centers before making it officially […]
’s Treasury Secretary wishes Mahinda Rajapakse would be the president for 2020
Jan 05, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury Secretary PB Jayasundera said that he wishes President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be the president for 2020. “I want to express my gratitude to His Excellency the President and wish he would be president for 2020 as well,” Jayasundera said. President Rajapaksa has shown bold, credible and sensitive […]
’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 […]