Category: Politics
We are concerned by political & religious pressure being directed at Muslim community: EU Deleg
Jun 12, 2019 (LBO) – The Delegation of the European Union issuing a statement says that they are deeply concerned by political and religious pressure being directed at Sri Lanka’s Muslim community which is undermining peace and reconciliation in the country. Full statement: The Delegation of the European Union (EU) issues the following statement in […]
JVP hands over motion of no confidence against Sri Lanka government
May 21, 2019 (LBO) – Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) handed over a no-confidence motion against the government to the Speaker of the Parliament a short while ago. Speaker’s Office stated that the JVP handed over the motion to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at 10 am this morning.
Parliamentary High Posts Committee approves nominations of 14 career diplomats
Mar 30, 2019 (LBO) – Parliamentary High Posts Committee has approved the appointments of fourteen career diplomats nominated by President Maithripala Sirisena as Heads of Sri Lanka Missions overseas. With these appointments, the percentage of career diplomats heading Sri Lanka Missions overseas has increased from 36.57 percent to 46 percent. Sri Lanka maintains 52 Embassies/High Commissions overseas. […]
Are we doing enough to increase political participation of women and youth in Sri Lanka?
Mar 19, 2019 (LBO) – The political participation of women and youth is an important subject that came to the fore during the previous election. According to data from National Human Development Report for Sri Lanka (NHDR) although 71.5 percent of youth in Sri Lanka exercise their right to vote, only a small fraction is directly […]
Mangala wants to change state media into public service media; committee appointed
Feb 11, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera today appointed a committee to look into the possibility of converting current state media institutions into genuine public service media institutions. The seven-member committee is chaired by the former Director of UNESCO’s International Programme for Communication Development, Wijayananda Jayaweera.Other members include Professor […]
Sri Lanka expects to make certain amendments to Singapore FTA: President
Jan 25, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President has discussed with the Prime Minister of Singapore that the Sri Lankan side is expecting to make certain amendments to the Free Trade Agreement signed between the two countries. President Maithripala Sirisena who is on a two-day official visit to Singapore held bilateral discussions with Prime Minister […]
Mahinda to seek mandate for constitutional reforms at next national election
Jan 23, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Leader of the Opposition, Mahinda Rajapaksa says that they will be putting forward their own proposals at the next national election to seek a direct mandate from the people for constitutional reforms. Releasing a statement, the ex-president says that opposing the draft constitution put forward by the present […]
Parliamentary committee hands over report about recent unruly incidents
Jan 22, 2019 (LBO) – Speaker Karu Jayasuriya today received the report of the Special Parliamentary Committee that investigated into the unruly incidents in the Chamber on November 14, 15 and 16. The Committee, chaired by the Deputy Speaker says that the report has identified the Parliamentarians who were directly involved in the unruly incidents. […]
State vehicles are not exempted from carbon tax: Finance Ministry
Jan 17, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry says the Carbon Tax, which came into effect from January this year, is applicable to all vehicles and the registered owners of every motor vehicle specified in the Act will have to pay this levy. Only the electric vehicles are exempted from the Carbon Tax, but […]
President appoints commission of inquiry to probe corruption from 2015 – 2018
Jan 17, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed a commission of inquiry to look into the alleged corruption cases and malpractices reported from 15 January 2015 to 31 December 2018. The 5-member Presidential Commission is headed by retired Supreme Court judge Upali Abeyrathne. President Sirisena last year said a Presidential Commission […]
Chinese Ambassador reiterates support to develop Sri Lanka economy
Jan 10, 2019 (LBO) – Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera met with the Chinese Ambassador Cheng XueYuan and the delegation at the Treasury today, the Finance Ministry said. At the meeting, the Minister has apprised the Chinese Ambassador about the Sri Lankan Governments plan to re-engage with IMF and thanked the Chinese Government for their continued support extended to […]
No one knows what will happen to economy in the coming months: MR
Jan 09, 2019 (LBO) – Leader of the Opposition, Parliamentarian Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the country faces three major dangers as the country complete four years since the change of government on 9 January 2015. According to him, the first among them is the danger of the economy collapsing at any moment. The opposition leader says that […]