United Republic Front leader Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday (01) that the country needs not a process that brings a group into power but a common political transformation.
The ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ has no agreement to name Diilth Jayaweera as their presidential candidate, weekend ‘Anidda’ quoted CPSL’s senior vice president Weerasumana Weerasinghe as saying.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has justified a service extension to attorney general Sanjaya Rajaratnam with a claim that he plays a key role as a committee member that coordinates with the Catholic Bishops Conference with regard to investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has attributed the country’s economic bankruptcy to the implementation of unproductive projects with borrowed money for image-building.
A group of members of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) led by minister Jeevan Thondaman staged a protest in front of Nuwara Eliya police station yesterday (01).
A reduction in both production and export has caused a Rs. 511,500 million loss for Sri Lanka’s tea industry in the past decade, said Prof. Wasantha Athukorale of the University of Peradeniya.
Sri Lanka’s economic policy continuity and macroeconomic stability will be crucial to achieve robust growth in the next five years, former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake reiterated outlining the outcome of the Economic Transformation Bill.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) thinks of fielding its own presidential candidate without supporting incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe if he fails to lure at least 20 MPs of the Samagi Jana Balawegya (SJB) to the government.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will announce a presidential candidate only after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe declares if he runs for the post, said its leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The general secretary of the United National Party (UNP) Palitha Range Bandara says he will reveal on 03 June all ‘secrets’ behind his suggestion to submit a proposal to the House to hold a referendum to put off both presidential and general elections by two years.
