to which Sri Lanka is a state party. We welcome the expressed commitment of the National People’s Power to uphold media freedom and pursue accountability for past crimes against journalists ...
Independence Day will be a remembrance and recognition that honours the country’s national leaders of yesteryear from all communities and religions and an occasion to pay homage to those who gave ...
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe may have to face his cabinet colleague, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, if he stands for a re-election in the presidential poll which is due ...
This was way before the internet, back when Sri Lanka only had state-controlled television, radio and print outlets as news sources. The power any ruling party had over them was absolute.
Peradeniya University “is blocking our opportunity to know the truth. Are we supposed to listen only to what the government ...
The two dominant political parties – President Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the main opposition United National Party – refuse to engage each other to build a pan-Sinhala ...
The campaign at the Galaha junction, the main entrance to university premises, attracted considerable attention from students ...
The United National Party (UNP), the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the SLPP, all have specific internal issues they have to contend with. Source of embarrassment ...
Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara emphasised that leadership of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) cannot be handed over to rejected and outdated ...
In 1970, parliamentary doors were once again opened to him, this time the scribe turned politician representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). However in 1971, he left the SLFP following ...
In the context of a general election, when voters make their decision about which political party to support, the reasoning behind their choice is often relatively clear and based on substantial ...
The enormous popularity of these goals allowed the new party to oust the United ... saw several new efforts to restrict freedom of expression in Sri Lanka. In July, the Colombo office of the ...