08/17/2010
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Sunday Leader
Former Deputy Minister of Highways Mervyn Silva left Parliamentary proceedings after interrupting an Opposition MP during oral question time in Parliament today.
08/16/2010
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ColomboPage
Aug 16, Colombo: Recently convicted ex-Army Commander of Sri Lanka General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka has been indicted on 41 counts, informed the Attorney General's Department to the Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli as the case against Fonseka was summoned.
08/15/2010
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Agence France-Presse
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka will appeal against a court martial conviction that stripped him of his rank, pension and prestige, his political party announced Sunday.
08/06/2010
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The Hindu
The opposition in Sri Lanka on Thursday suffered a setback with two prominent parliamentarians announced their support to the government headed by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
08/06/2010
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ColomboPage
Aug 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Democratic People's Front (DPF) has decided to suspend the membership of its Colombo District parliamentarian Prabha Ganeshan after he joined the government Thursday.
07/31/2010
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ColomboPage
July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to meet Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe for extensive talks. The discussion will be held in the President's official residence Temple Trees on Tuesday, August 03.
07/28/2010
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Colombo Today
Jul 28, 2010 11:37 AM · The JVP has urged the government against preventing people of Jaffna from making links with mainstream political parties in the opposition.
07/28/2010
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AllVoices
A 60-year-old activist of Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party (UNP) died Tuesday morning after setting himself on fire near the party headquarters.
07/22/2010
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Xinhua
Thousands of people protested in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on Wednesday demanding the release of former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka who is currently in military custody over allegedly violating the military law while in uniform.
07/14/2010
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Xinhua
After last week's protest opposite the UN offices here by a government minister, Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has joined subjecting UN to criticism.