The Sri Lankan consumer can benefit only when the small scale rice miller is safeguarded. โ€œWe praise Minister Rishad Bathiudeen for promptly looking into this issue and clarifying itโ€ said Namal Karunaratne of Lanka Govijana Sansadaya (All island Farmersโ€™ Federation-AIFF) on 9 January. Karunaratne was speaking after a meeting withmore

Sri Lankaโ€™s victorious Minister of Industry and Commerce who has been given a bigger Ministerial mandate on 20 December welcomed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesingheโ€™s entry to Northern Development work-and vowed to re-instate IDP funds wrongfully slashed by the recently dismissed administration.more

Even though Islam is a religion of peace, emphasizing much on Unity and Reconciliation, this is not the view taken by many in the international community. And Sri Lankan Muslims are united in the declaration of โ€˜All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulamaโ€™ according to the the Leader of ACMC Rishad Bathiudeen MP.more

Following the 13 December historic verdict of the Supreme Court, the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) said that this victory is not just a victory against unconstitutional dissolution but a triumph for Parliamentary democracy itself.more

The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) hailed the Speaker of Parliament Deshamanya Karu Jayasuriya on 16 November for his courageous stand โ€˜against anti-democratic forcesโ€™. ACMC also calls to initiate a high level inquiry on 16 November incidents.more

The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) welcomed the Supreme Court stay order on the dissolution of Parliament on 13 November. โ€œThis is a great victory for our democracyโ€ said the Leader of ACMC Rishad Bathiudeen MP immediately after the verdict on 13 November. Earlier, arriving in the Courts in themore