R.Thurairatnem former eastern provincial council member and the TNA candidate received highest number of preferential votes in the Batticaloa district or the former education director Thandayouthapai received highest number of preferential votes in the Trincomalee district would be appointed for this position.
In the recent election TNA was able to win 11 seats in the province. Earlier TNA invited SriLanka Muslim Congress won 7 seats in the province to hold join governance in the eastern province.
However SLMC finally supported the United People Freedom Alliance. Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandra announced with the support of the United National party they hope to hold strong opposition in the eastern provincial council. | 
Spokesman of the Tamil National Alliance Suresh Premachndran announced party yet to make final decide on appointing opposition leader for the eastern provincial council.
Bodu Bala Sena announced president should not build up airport at Mattale should build up tank where he could be remembering in the history of SriLanka. [
A complaint has been lodged against Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office, V Narayanasamy, for his recent statement on LTTE chief Prabhakaran and Naam Tamizhar Katchi. [
Chairman of the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha, Prasanna Ranaweera has been admitted to the Kiribathgoda Hospital after being assaulted by an unidentified group. [
Jammu & Kashmir separatist leader Yasin Malik’s expression of support to the extremist Sri Lankan Tamil cause should come as no surprise to anyone who has been watching his recent anti-India campaign. [
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Four suspects and students of Chenkaladi Central collage connection with Chenkaladi double murder further remanded till May 29. [
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Was former PM Rajiv Gandhi targeted while he was touring Mysore days before his assassination at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991? According to CM Siddaramaiah, there was an attempt to kill Rajiv Gandhi during his visit to Mysore. [
Deputy Minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan alias Karuna stated “I always respect R.Sambanthan and Mawai Senadhiraja”. [
The army will shift most of the camps in the Jaffna peninsula to Palaly, Army Commander Lieutenant General Jagath Jayasuriya said today. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [