09/05/2011
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka ruling party mayoral candidate for Colombo MC introduces 12-point plan for the city (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
07/24/2011
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Reuters
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Tamils in Sri Lanka's war-weary north elected the political proxy of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels in local polls held for the first time since at least 1999, drubbing President Mahinda Rajapaksa's ruling party, election results showed Sunday.
07/23/2011
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Sri Lanka Guardian
(July 23, Jaffna, Sri Lanka Guardian) The EPDP, supposedly a former armed group which continues to be represented by gun-toting cadres led by Minister Douglas Devananda, is the main Tamil ally of President Rajapakse. The violent EPDP seemed the only way in which the President can show Tamil support and therefore it has become his most crucial ally in warding off calls for war crimes inquiries on the grounds that Tamils support him.
07/23/2011
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Daily Mirror
A large number of posters and election propaganda material continue to be on display in Jaffna and Kilinochchi in contravention of the Election Laws, Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said.
12/04/2010
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Colombo Page
Sri Lanka : Sri Lanka\'s Tamil MPs condemn Tamil diaspora actions (Sri Lanka - latest news stories and top headlines)
09/04/2010
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ColomboPage
Sept 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party says it is taking steps to remove four members of the party who have decided to vote in favor of the government's constitutional amendments in the parliament next week as more members have expressed support for the government.
09/02/2010
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Daily News
Text of the speech by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the 59th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party held at Temple Trees on September 2
09/02/2010
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ColomboPage
Sept 02, Colombo: Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the main constituent party of Sri Lanka's ruling alliance, celebrated its 59th anniversary today with the participation of its leader, President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees premises.
08/10/2010
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Hindustan Times
During his 13 trail-blazing days as deputy media minister in late April, Mervyn Silva, had shared with us his ideas about how to support journalists. It included sacrificing his conjugal commitments so that he could be on call 24/7 to assist reporters in distress and even cook for us on somewhat of
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.