Sri Lanka Politics News

Robert Blake arrives in Colombo [TamilNet, Tuesday, 08 December 2009, 11:43 GMT] Robert Blake, the United States Under-Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs arrived in Colombo for the first time after his assumption of the new post...He...

Sri Lanka's election chief has ordered state institutions to stop giving appointments, promotions and transfers of employees until the end of the forthcoming presidential election, election officials said on Tuesday.     Dayananda Dissanayake, the commissioner of Elections has suspended...

The meeting to decide on the course of action the Tamil National Alliance has to adopt in the forthcoming presidential election ended yesterday inconclusively. The TNA parliamentarians met at the parliamentary complex yesterday.

Last month the US Department of Homeland Security tried to question the Sri Lankan presidential candidate and US citizen, General Sarath Fonseka, about possible war crimes. But the Australian Government has made no such moves to question a prominent dual...

Though there are 11 days to go for the filing of papers for the January 26 Sri Lankan Presidential election, charges and counter-charges from the ruling party and the Opposition have become the order of the day. Responding to charges...

At his first public appearance on Saturday, General (retired) Sarath Fonseka, nominee of the main opposition parties for the January 26 presidential poll, hit out at President Mahinda Rajapaksa with charges of corruption and nepotism. Speaking at the 54th United...

Civilians in Kilinochchi and Mullaittivu were awaiting the end of de-mining process to move to their homes, according to reports. Priority has been given to public roads, common places and villages earmarked for speedy resettlement during the demining process, the...

The Tamil National Alliance is thinking of contesting the upcoming presidential election in Sri Lanka, party MP Sivajilingam said here on Friday...Ilankai Tamilarasu Katchi candidate in the last Parliament election...Then, realizing that the Tamil people might opt for UNP's Ranil...

Thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have left camps in Sri Lanka’s north say they are struggling to claim back their lives even as the government implements a programme to support them.   In recent weeks, some 140,000 people...