Sri Lanka re-reversed a regime change orchestrated in January 2015 which spiraled Sri Lanka towards a wave of catastrophic changes unbeknown to most, outcomes which will be felt only as the new administration now takes over. The election is one that will enter history books for several reasons and resonates the resilience of a proud […]

MEDIA RELEASE Mahinda Rajapaksa Leader of the Opposition The candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Joint Opposition, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has won a decisive victory at this presidential election. I request all our party activists and supporters to celebrate this victory peacefully and without causing inconvenience to anyone. The […]

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ විපක්‍ෂ නායක ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණේ, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්‍ෂයේ සහ ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්‍ෂයේ ජනාධිපති අපේක්ෂක ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්‍ෂ මහතා මෙම ජනාධිපතිවරණය විශිෂ්ඨ ලෙස ජයගෙන ඇත. අවුරුදු පහක් මුළුල්ලේ අනේකවිධ දුෂ්කරතා විද ලබාගත් මේ ජයග්‍රහණය ඉතාමත්ම සාමකාමීව, අනුන්ට කිසිඳු කරදරයක් නොවන ආකාරයට භුක්ති විදින මෙන් මම අපගේ පාක්‍ෂිකයන්ගෙන් මෙන්ම සියලුම ශ්‍රී ලංකාවාසී ජනතාවගෙන්ද […]

ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්‍රකීර්ති 2018 අවුරුද්දේ නොවැම්බර් මාසයේ 23 වැනි දා සිකුරාදා පූර්ව භාග 11:07 ට ගරු විජිත ‍හේරත් මන්ත්‍රීතුමා පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ දී සභාව කල් තැබීමේ යෝජනාවක් ඉදිරිපත් කළා. ඒ, ගරු කථානායකතුමාත් ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ගරු මන්ත්‍රීතුමන්ලාත් සහභාගී වුනු සොඳුරු ජවනිකා ගණනාවක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තුළ රඟ දැක්වෙමින් තිබුණු දවස් කීපයක්. ගරු කථානායකතුමා පන්දුවක් දැම්මාම ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණේ ගරු […]

By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP/SLPP Stalwart and Convener – “The Muslim Voice” – 17th., November 2019. The election of HE. Gotabaya Rajapaksa to the office of the 7th., President of Sri Lanka on the 16th., of November 2019 is a happy day for those Sri Lankans who love […]

ALI SUKHANVER  Night raids and aerial strikes have led to mounting civilian casualties in Afghanistan,” says a detailed report recently issued by the Human Rights Watch. The report reveals that CIA-backed Afghan strike forces have once again made the lives of innocent Afghan citizens a hell. Night-time raids into homes in remote villages, forced disappearances, […]

Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama announced that he would retire from active politics at the end of the Parliamentary term. Addressing a letter to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (17) expressed his gratitude for giving him the opportunity to serve the country as a Cabinet Minister and informed of […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් මුදල් අමාත්‍ය මංගල සමරවීර මහතා සිය ට්විටර් ගිණුමේ පණිවුඩයක් සටහන් කරමින් ත්‍රිවිධ රත්නයට අවමන් කර ඇති බවට බෞද්ධ තොරතුරු කේන්ද්‍රයේ විධායක අධ්‍යක්ෂ පූජ්‍ය අඟුළුගල්ලේ සිරි ජිනානන්ද හිමියන් පොලිස් මූලස්ථානයට අද පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කළා. ජනාධිපතිවරණ ප්‍රතිඵල නිකුත් වෙමින් තිබූ අතරතුර අද දහවල් අමාත්‍ය මංගල සමරවීර මහතා ට්විටර් ගිණුමේ මෙලෙස සටහනක් තබා තිබුණා. […]

Courtesy Adaderana UNP Parliamentarian Kabir Hashim has announced his decision to step down as the chairman of the party and his ministerial portfolio. MP Hashim has been in office as the Minister of Highways & Road Development and Petroleum Resources Development. Former wartime Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected as the President of Sri Lanka in […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 17 (AIR): Following the victory of Gotabaya Rajapaksa iof the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in the November 16 Presidential election, party chief Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the incumbent Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe of the United National Party (UNP) must step down. Gotabaya had defeated the UNP candidate Sajith Premadasa convincingly. […]

Courtesy Lanka Business Online Nov 17, 2019 (LBO) – Mangala Samaraweera has resigned as Minister of Finance with immediate effect following the Presidential Election. Earlier in the day, Minister Malik Samarawickrama, Ajith P Perera and Harin Fernando resigned from their ministerial portfolios. Resignation letter addressed to President Maithripala Sirisena:

Nitin A. Gokhale Courtesy  Strategic News International NEW DELHI: As Gotabaya Rajapaksa prepares to take over as Sri Lanka’s seventh Executive President on Monday, SNI Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale, who has known and interacted with the President-elect while reporting on Eelam War IV (2006-2009) and in subsequent years, brings out some fascinating and little known facts […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia November 17 (newsin.asia) – Ministers from Sri Lanka’s ruling United National Front (UNF) government began resigning from their portfolios on Sunday after the ruling presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa lost the presidential elections. Minister of Sports, Telecommunications and Foreign Employment, Harin Fernando, was one of the first Ministers to hand in his resignation saying […]

SPUR   (Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc) Reg:  A 003 0777 MPO Box 4066, Mulgrave, VIC 3170, AustraliaTele/Fax: (03) 97957143  Email:   ranjiths@spur.asn.au Website: www.spur.asn.au Attn NEWS EDITOR-SBS .Dear Editor, Your following  news item re above -link is given- is completely baseless and overturns the code of conduct by fabrication and allowing only […]

James Lasantha Jayalath Melbourne, Australia Dear Mr. Gotabaya, Hope you are well. I am not sure whether you have time to read my message, but I hope you read it one day. I am one of the silent majority who wish and pray that you win with a majority tomorrow. I left my motherland when […]

Ada Derana Minister Sajith Premadasa, who contested at the forefront in the Presidential Election 2019 from New Democratic Front (NDF), has announced his decision to step down as Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP) with immediate effect. Minister Harin Fernando, taking to his official Facebook account today (17), published a special statement from […]