It will be the president who will have to allot funds from the consolidated fund if a referendum is to be held for a passage of the cabinet-approved constitutional amendment on the president’s term, said a top official of the Election Commission.
Prime minister Dinesh Gunawardena is doing his level best to reverse a decision by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) against supporting incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe at the presidential election.
The Deshapremi Jana Balawegaya (DJB), whose general secretary Sugath Hewapathirana is a close confidante of SLPP founder Basil Rajapaksa, is to field a candidate at the presidential polls.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will soon announce its presidential candidate, and incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe will not be that candidate, says Rajapaksa family relative Udayanga Weeratunga.
Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe should contest for the presidency, insists chief government whip Prasanna Ranatunga.
The drugs menace as well as the underworld have not been abated despite boastful remarks by the police chief and the public security minister, charged MP Patali Champika Ranawaka.
Police have launched an investigation into several threatening posters found in Maharagama and Dematagoda after the Athurugiriya shooting that left two people dead, including Club Wasantha.
Sri Lanka is now set to implement Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) initiative towards building a comprehensive and inclusive digital future paving the way for social and economic development across the nation, former finance minister Ravi Karunanayake divulged.
Basnayake Nilame of Ruhuhu Kataragama Maha Devale Dishan Gunasekara claims to have raised the Devale’s income by eight-fold since he took office.
A group of MPs representing the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) have informed that they did not approve the Committee Report on the investigation into alleged weaknesses in the procurement process related to the new online visa programme awarded to VFS Global, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana said.
