Yahapalana regime lowered guard to consolidate power leaving nation open to Easter carnage  – GL

By Saman Indrajith The yahapalana government’s preoccupation with the consolidation of power had made it possible for the Easter Sunday terror attacks to be carried out,...

Sunday Island 29th November – Headlines

Majority of 300 luxury vehicles to be released

… some shipped in without opening LCs, EU wants restrictions abolished By Shamindra Ferdinando The majority of the luxury vehicles imported by special permit holders in...

Nearly 74,000 persons under home quarantine

Close to 74,000 people belonging to 27,974 families had been placed under home quarantine, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said on Wednesday (25). He said that...

Severity of impact of second wave on economy could be far worse than anticipated – CBSL

By Shyam Nuwan Ganewatte The impact of the second wave of COVID-19 could be severer on the economic growth than previously anticipated, Director of Economic Research...

Dinesh urges Opp. to stand together to face int’l threats to atone for past betrayals 

By Saman Indrajith Leader of the House Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told Parliament on Wednesday (25) that no agreement had been signed by former President Mahinda...

Changing five defence secretaries had no effect on national security- Ex-President Sirisena

By Rathindra Kuruwita Neither the Constitutional crisis of 2018 nor the periodic changes of Presidential and Defence Secretaries between 2015 and 2018 had impacted adversely national...

GL: Other nations must keep out of SL’s internal affairs as it does not meddle with theirs

By Saman Indrajith Education Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris says Sri Lanka has gone out of its way to refrain from interfering in the domestic affairs of...

Sumanthiran asks whether sovereignty only for the majority, if so then minorities will find their own

By Saman Indrajith TNA Jaffna District MP MA Sumanthiran says that if the government believes that sovereignty of this country is only for the majority then...

Kiriella urges govt. to prevent UK moving resolution at UNHRC against Sri Lanka in March

By Saman Indrajith Chief Opposition Whip Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella yesterday called on the government to take action to prevent the United Kingdom from moving...