Category: Politics
Joint committee of both parties to study cabinet reshuffle: President
Apr 06, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday said the proposed cabinet reshuffle will be studied by a joint committee of the two parties in the government before it got implemented.Addressing media heads at the President’s House in Colombo, he said reshuffle would be discussed at the Central SLFP Committee meeting […]
Sri Lanka Prime Minister wins no confidence motion
Apr 04, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday secured a majority of votes showing the confidence Parliamentarians placed on him. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe received 122 votes in favor. Joint Opposition who initiated the no confidence motion only received 76 votes. 26 Parliamentarians were absent. Wijedasa Rajapaksa voted against the motion […]
We will vote for No Confidence Motion to oust PM: SLFP Media Spokesman
Apr 04, 2018 (LBO) – Contrary to the statement made by State Minister A.H.M. Fowzie, Media Spokesman of the SLFP, State Minister Dilan Perera told LBO that they will vote for the no confidence motion to oust Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. State Minister A.H.M. Fowzie earlier in the morning told LBO that the party has […]
No Confidence Motion: Fowzie says SLFP decides to abstain from voting
Apr 04, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Freedom Party has decided to abstain from voting at the no confidence motion against the Prime Minister, State Minister A.H.M. Fowzie told LankaBusinessOnline. Minister Fowzie said few SLFP parliamentarians who wanted to vote against the no confidence motion in favor of Prime Minister, will also have to abstain from voting. The […]
United National Front rallies round PM with confidence motion
Mar 23, 2018 (LBO) – Members of Parliament (MP) representing the United National Front (UNF) signed a motion supportive of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, yesterday. The signed letter was handed over to the Leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella, who is due to hand it in to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. The Joint Opposition on earlier this […]
President Maithripala Sirisena to visit Pakistan tomorrow
At the invitation of the President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain, President Maithripala Sirisena will undertake a three day official visit to Pakistan from 22 to 24 March 2018, to attend the National Day of Pakistan.President Sirisena will hold discussions with his Pakistani counterpart President Hussain, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, and following talks, will attend […]
Marapana, Amunugama & Faiszer to represent Sri Lanka at UNHRC
Mar 19, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s delegation to the 37th session of the UNHRC will include Foreign Minister Tilak Marapana, Special Assignments Minister Sarath Amunugama and Local Government Minister Faiszer Musthapha.The Foreign Ministry said Minister Marapana will lead the delegation, that includes officials from the Foreign Ministry, the AG Department, the Secretariat for Coordinating […]
Sri Lanka made minimal progress on UNHRC resolution: Verité Research
Mar 09, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lankan government has made minimal progress towards the fulfillment of its commitments in UNHRC resolution on Sri Lanka, a research firm said. Verité said in a research report that only two out of 36 commitments saw an improvement in their implementation status in recent months. “Since March 2017, the […]
Sri Lanka President appoints new cabinet minister for law and order
Mar 08, 2018 (LBO) – Minister Ranjith Madduma Bandara was sworn in as the new Minister of Law and Order, a short while ago. He is the current cabinet minister of Minister of Public Administration and Management. He was sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat, the President’s Media Division said. Prime Minister […]
President visits Kandy, Stresses on communicating precise information
Mar 08, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena held a special meeting in Kandy to discuss the current situation in the district and stressed the importance of communicating precise information to the public. The President discussed with religious leaders about the situation that has occurred suddenly and the leadership they can provide to […]
UN urges authorities and citizens to ensure rule of law is upheld
Mar 08, 2018 (LBO) – The United Nations in Sri Lanka is concerned about the recent incidents of communal violence and condemns these acts in the strongest possible terms and called on all to uphold rule of law in the island.The United Nations urges authorities to take immediate action against perpetrators and to ensure that […]
Sri Lanka must make inciting racial violence a non bailable offence: Minister
Mar 06, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that inciting racial violence must be made a non bailable offence. “Enough is enough, the minister tweeted, yesterday “Inciting racial violence must be made a non bailable offence and politicians who give leadership to such violence should be deprived of their civic […]