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Category: POLITICS

PCoI on Political Persecution fires back against arrest warrant issued on Secretary of PCoI
Local

PCoI on Political Persecution fires back against arrest warrant issued on Secretary of PCoI

The Permanent High Court Trial at Bar issued a warrant for the arrest of Pearl K. Weerasinghe, the Secretary of…

byTeam Independent06/03/2020
Decision on issuing arrest warrants against Ravi & 11 others today
Local

Decision on issuing arrest warrants against Ravi & 11 others today

The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court will deliver the decision on whether arrest warrants will be issued on former Finance Minister…

byTeam Independent06/03/2020
Local

64 MPs to lose pensions if parliament dissolves today

If the parliament of Sri Lanka is dissolved at midnight today as planned, 64 parliamentarians will lose out on their…

byTeam Independent02/03/202002/03/2020
Local

UNP Working Committee agrees on ‘Elephant’ symbol

The majority of the United National Party (UNP) Working Committee has agreed to contest the upcoming general election under the…

byTeam Independent02/03/202002/03/2020
SriLankan to be summoned before COPE today
Local

SriLankan to be summoned before COPE today

The officials of SriLankan Airlines are scheduled to appear before the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) today (19). The Department…

byTeam Independent19/02/2020
Proposals for a new constitution presented to President
Local

Proposals for a new constitution presented to President

A set of proposals containing facts that should be taking into account when formulating a new Constitution was presented to…

byTeam Independent14/02/2020
NUA forms coalition to contest upcoming general elections
Local

NUA forms coalition to contest upcoming general elections

The National Unity Alliance (NUA) will contest the upcoming general elections with a coalition of majority and minority parties, its…

byTeam Independent13/02/2020
No issue with closing down parliament for 2-3 years – Vidura Wickramanayake.
Local

No issue with closing down parliament for 2-3 years – Vidura Wickramanayake.

There will be no issue with the closure of a Parliament that does not have respect or goodwill towards one…

byTeam Independent13/02/2020
Copies of Ranjan’s phone recordings to be given to MPs next week
Local

Copies of Ranjan’s phone recordings to be given to MPs next week

Copies of telephone conversation recordings that UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake had handed over to the House are to be given…

byTeam Independent13/02/2020
UNP requests Election Commission not to recognize the new alliance
Local

UNP requests Election Commission not to recognize the new alliance

The United National Party (UNP) has opposed the registration of a new political party named Samagi Jathika Balawegaya. The Legal…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020

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