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Category: Local

Personal staff of the PM and other ministers BANNED from interfering in financial transactions
Local

Personal staff of the PM and other ministers BANNED from interfering in financial transactions

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has issued an order banning the personal staff of the Prime Minister and other ministers including private…

byTeam Independent10/02/2020
PM holds discussions with Narendra Modi
Local

PM holds discussions with Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is currently holding discussions with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

byTeam Independent08/02/2020
SUNIL HANDUNNETTI RE-APPOINTED AS COPE CHAIRMAN
Local

SUNIL HANDUNNETTI RE-APPOINTED AS COPE CHAIRMAN

JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti was re-appointed the Chairman of Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) for the fourth  time . The…

byTeam Independent07/02/202007/02/2020
Gota’s roar and Jumbos’ woes
Local

Gota’s roar and Jumbos’ woes

BY Vishwanath Caretaker Govt. as Flat Beer President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has his own way of doing things and sending messages across.…

byTeam Independent07/02/2020
Lasantha Alagiyawanna re-appointed COPA chairman
Local

Lasantha Alagiyawanna re-appointed COPA chairman

State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna has been re-appointed as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA). The Committee of…

byTeam Independent07/02/202007/02/2020
Ranjan Ramanayake: Produced before Government Analyst for voice test
Local

Ranjan Ramanayake: Produced before Government Analyst for voice test

UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has left the Government Analyst’s Department after carrying out a voice test as ordered by the…

byTeam Independent07/02/202007/02/2020
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa meets the Russian Federation’s Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces, General Oleg Salyukov
LocalLocal

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa meets the Russian Federation’s Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces, General Oleg Salyukov

byTeam Independent05/02/2020
Saman Rathnapriya sworn in as new MP
Local

Saman Rathnapriya sworn in as new MP

Saman Rathnapriya has been sworn in as a Member of the Parliament of the United National Party (UNP) a short…

byTeam Independent05/02/2020
Ranjith Madduma Bandara to be appointed new UNP alliance’s General Secretary
Local

Ranjith Madduma Bandara to be appointed new UNP alliance’s General Secretary

The United National Front (UNF) has decided to appoint Parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara as the General Secretary of the new…

byTeam Independent05/02/2020
Body politic with a weak skeletal structure
Local

Body politic with a weak skeletal structure

By Vishvanath   A political party system is the skeletal structure of the body politic and its health is a…

byFaraz Shauketaly01/02/2020

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