Law enforcement authorities are investigating to determine if convener of the Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige had conspired to topple the state.
Reformist MP of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Dr. Nalaka Godahewa blames the wrong economic management by three recent successive regimes for the present-day sufferings of the people.
Stressing that no one would be fed free of charge or paid without a purpose, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told public servants yesterday (21) to leave the service immediately if they cannot perform their duties properly.
As much as USD 6 million had been swindled in the guise of the premium from crude importations so far this year, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka alleges.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has rejected a request by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna to grant it a high number of ministerial positions in a proposed all-party or national government, political sources say.
Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to postpone his return to Sri Lanka until the second week of September, government sources say.
Agencies and persons responsible for national security should work closely with the media to prevent the circulation of discrediting news internationally, said defence secretary Kamal Gunaratne.
Just hours after top teacher trade unionist Joseph Stalin warned of government plans to use anti-terrorism laws to repress protestors, three arrestees have been sent behind bars on detention orders.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Dullas Alahapperuma has written to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena asking him to be beware of ‘hate indicators’ when making appointments to parliamentary committees.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has visited senior artiste Jackson Anthony, who is receiving treatment at Colombo National Hospital for serious accident injuries.
