Finance State Minister Dr. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said the budget deficit has decreased by 63.8 percent in the first five months of this year compared to the first five months of last year.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has promised to grant compensation by a Samagi Jana Balawegaya regime for the Muslims aggrieved by the forced cremation of the covid-19 dead.
President's Counsel Faiszer Musthapha has urged President Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into the adoption of the policy of forced cremation.
Ninety-two Members of Parliament including Ministers and State Ministers have reportedly met with President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will still have a place in the Sri lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) if he aligns with its policies, said its MP Tissa Kuttiarachchi.
Some of the party activists who extended support to president Ranil Wickremesinghe met me before and after their decision and even this morning (30), national organizer of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Namal Rajapaksa said.
The district committee of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in Anuradhapura has decided to support incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe at the presidential polls.
Former provincial councillor Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe has joined the Unbited National Party.
The credit regulatory authority act is to be redrafted in consultation of all stakeholders.
