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By Lakshme Parasuraman
Education Minister Professor G.L. Peiris in an interview with the Sunday Observer assured that he would fufill President Gotabaya Rajapakse’s election promise to give a degree to all Advanced Level qualified students
The interview in full:
Q. Will there be any major reforms in the Education sector including universities?
A. There will be and there have to be major reforms...
In-fighting continues for second week:
The in-fighting over National list nominees within parties continues for the second week after the general election.
The Election Commission had not received the names of two National list nominees from two parties by yesterday evening. The SLPP, SJB and NPP finalised their National lists last Friday.
The UNP which lost all its seats at the election and won only one...
After almost 60 years, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) recorded its biggest majority in the Jaffna district beating the TNA record. This clearly shows how much the people had yearned for change, said the new SLFP parliamentarian Angajan Ramanathan who secured the highest number of preferential votes at the August 5 election.
“The Tamils have voted for change. Therefore...
In keeping with health guidelines:
With only three days more for the 2020 Parliamentary election to elect the ninth Parliament, the Election Secretariat has assured that it will take all steps to hold the election smoothly and safeguard the voters in keeping with health guidelines amid the Covid-19 crisis. The August 5 election will be held from 7am to 4pm and an extended hour will be provided until 5pm to...
AL and Grade 5 schol exam dates to be announced tomorrow :
The Education Ministry has decided to postpone the reopening of schools by one week and the new dates of the Advanced Level and the Grade 5 scholarship examinations will be announced tomorrow (20).
Schools will be reopened for Grades 11, 12 and 13 on July 27, Education Ministry sources said. Director General of Health Services, Dr. Anil Jasinghe said that August 10 will...
By Lakshme Parasuraman
Several parliamentarians elected to Parliament from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) and the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC...
Many familiar faces will not be present when the 9th Parliament convenes on August 20, with as many as 70 former MPs having been...
A new constitution through a new parliament is our only hope in the 2020 Parliament election, Leader of the Tamil National...
Parliamentary Elections
Our vision is to find a permanent political solution for the Tamils and therefore the people have always been voting for us for...
Former Minister Rishad Bathiudeen said when Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was the President, the resettlement of the Northern...
The Jaffna district SLFP team leader Angajan Ramanathan, in an interview with the Sunday Observer said, “Due to the intense...
The former Northern Province Governor Suren Raghavan, a national list candidate of the SLFP, in an interview with the Sunday...
A controversial statement by Prof. S.Ratnajeevan. H. Hoole, a member of the Election Commission, in an interview with a TV...
Parliamentary Election
The Parliamentary Election 2020 may be held without foreign observers due to prevailing air travel restrictions, Election...
University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof. Sampath Amarathunga has requested universities to complete the final year...
“Appa has never coached me in politics nor has he compelled me to do anything in my life. People who are scared to face...