Island1d
When millers roar and Presidents mew
Wednesday 13th November, 2024 Prices of all varieties of rice are soaring and the large-scale millers are laughing all the way to the bank. Successive governments have vowed to tame the Millers’ Mafia ...
Island5d
Power of millers
Saturday 9th November, 2024 Large-scale rice millers, wholesalers and retailers continue to flout consumer protection laws ...
The Sunday Times4d
US gives ‘powerful mandate’ to Trump: Can NPP pull off the same at our polls?
It was an amazing victory that Trump had pulled off against his female rival Kamala Harris, who, along with her inane ...
Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that’s key for its new Marxist-leaning president
Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, Marxist-leaning president to ...
The Hindu3d
Sri Lanka President Anura Dissanayake promises return of Tamils’ land grabbed by state agencies
Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday (November 10, 2024) assured Tamils that their land —currently held by state agencies — will be returned by his government.
The Diplomat6d
Rumble in Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Surprise
On September 21, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected Sri Lanka’s president, representing a massive shift in voter sentiment since 2019, when he had garnered just 3.16 percent of the vote.
The New Indian Express4d
Sri Lanka's President vows to stop Tamil Nadu fishermen, assures steps to return Tamil land taken by govt
JAFFNA: Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who addressed his first public meeting in Jaffna since coming to office in September, on Sunday took a firm stance against Indian fishermen ...
The Sunday Times4d
Kalutara: NPP going with little known people; smaller parties rely on known faces
The National People’s Power (NPP) has been holding campaign meetings in the district urging people to elect a strong NPP government to advance President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s agenda. “Instead of ...
The Daily Mirror3d
President assures release of political prisoners, northern lands captured by security forces
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Speaking at an election rally in Vavuniya, he said political prisoners will be released on the advice of the Attorney General. He said people in the ...
The Daily Mirror4d
Will probe killings of Thajudeen, Lasantha: President
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today. Speaking at an election rally in Dambulla, he said the government will end the era of innocent people being killed by the political authority and ...
Reuters2d
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling ...
SBS3d
Anura vows to release political prisoners and Dilith sugest to investigate Wijeweera's murder: SL Politics
Listen to the weekly political highlights of Sri Lanka. Journalist Mr. Manoj Udatiyawala reports from Colombo. Ease into the English language and Australian culture. We make learning English ...