SC rules dissolution of parliament illegal

2018-12-14   |   Politics

A fuller Bench of seven Supreme Court (SC) Justices today unanimously ruled that President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament on...

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Parties discuss feasibility of holding general election

2018-12-12   |   Politics

Discussions are underway among political parties to approve a resolution in Parliament with two-thirds majority calling for its dissolution in case th...

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President to appoint new govt. if P’ment undissolved: SLFP

2018-12-11   |   Politics

Nimal Siripala appeals to SC to give decision soon  Says only way to move from current crisis  Samarasinghe says President will appoint new g...

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Political crisis stalls opening of development projects!

2018-12-11   |   Politics

The ongoing political crisis has come in the way of opening of a series of development projects in the North Central province, they say.   Sever...

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Petition in CA on President’s state of mind

2018-12-11   |   Politics

A woman named Thakshila Lakmali Jayawardena filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal (CA) today seeking an order directing the IGP to go to the Di...

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I WILL ABIDE BY SC RULING - PRESIDENT

2018-12-10   |   Politics

President Maithripala Sirisena said that he will honourably accept whatever ruling given by the Supreme Court on the petitions filed against the Gazet...

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Ranil stresses need to establish new Parliament

2018-12-06   |   Politics

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday stressed the need to establish a new Parliament, scrapping the Executive Presidency through a referendum. M...

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Instability will end in a week: President

2018-12-05   |   Politics

While claiming that the decision taken on October 26 was correct, President Maithripala Sirisena today said he would resolve the political instability...

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General elections, the only way to establish democracy – PM

2018-12-03   |   Politics

Overall computer literacy at 28.6% in 2017 One out of every five households owns either a desktop or a laptop computer Digital literacy at 40.1...

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Parliament should decide on course of action-Ranil

2018-12-03   |   Politics

It was the Legislature which had the power to decide on a course of action to stabilize the country as it the institution which exercised people’s s...

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