Category: Politics
’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 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 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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Violent activities targeting common opposition shows lack of democratic space under the MR regime: Karu Jayasuriya
Dec 23, 2014 (LBO) – UNP’s Karu Jayasuriya said that recent violent incidents targeting rallies and activists of the common opposition amply demonstrate the lack of democratic space under the dictatorial Rajapaksa regime. He said this issuing a statement yesterday. Media Statement Reproduced It is the best evidence of the urgent need to change course […]
‘s launched election manifesto today
UPFA Presidential candidate President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s election manifesto ˜Mahinda Chinthana Lowa Dinana Maga’ launched today at Colombo. Rajapaksa introduced his first manifesto at the 2005 Presidential election named Mahinda Chinthanaya and presented œMahinda Chinthana Idiri Dekma election manifesto for the 2010 Presidential election. The new manifesto launched today is based on the 2005 and 2010 […]
‘s opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena to cancel JKH and Packer casino licenses
Dec 22, 2014, Sri Lanka opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena has declared to cancel the casino licenses given to John Keells Holdings and Australian James Packer, who is in the casino business.Government announced its approval for corporate income tax holidays and import duty concessions on materials, on Feb this year for Lake Leisure Holdings (Private) Limited […]