News in Brief

17/02/2012 Presidential Advisor on Reconciliation and MP Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha said a draft towards a National Reconciliation Policy is currently being prepared and will be presented shortly for public discussion.

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10/02/2012 Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksha has left for Pakistan today for a three day official visit on an invitation extended by the Pakistan President.

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07/02/2012 Minister of Mass Media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella was reportedly admitted to a hospital in Melbourne, Australia after he had slipped and fallen inside the hotel in Melbourne where he had been staying in.

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05/02/2012 Hirunika Premachandra the daughter of slain Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra has announced today that she will join active politics through Sri Lanka Mahajana Party.

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31/01/2012 President Mahinda Rajapaksha today instructed the External Affairs Minister Prof. G.L.Peiris to take immediate steps to re-establish the diplomatic ties with Iraq.

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28/01/2012 UNP National list MP Harsha de Silva said at a press conference in Colombo that Govt. is trying to mortgage this country to China. He further stressed that not even a single cent we received from China as a grant or a donation. All what we received from China are loans on very high interest rates.

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27/01/2012 Chief Minister of the Eastern Province Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan says he agrees with the Tamil National Alliance regarding its stance on formulating a political solution for the Tamil issue. He also expressed his agreement in the request for granting police and land powers.

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26/01/2012 – External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris said Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report will not be presented to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

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