A majority of members of the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has rejected a report submitted by its chairman Dr. Harsha de Silva into to the handover of online issuance of visa for tourists to VFS Global.
The launch of the alliance to be led by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will take place in the first week of August, said general secretary of the party Ranjith Madduma Bandara.
In the wake of the gazetting of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, the Elections Commission (EC) has announced that there are no obstacles to declaring the Presidential Election which is due to take place at the end of this month.
The presidential election is likely to take place on 28 September, a Saturday, according to "Deshaya."
Former Member of the cabinet subcommittee appointed to oversee the Nineteenth Amendment process Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne, PC has issued a press release clarifying a statement made by President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the opening of the new court complex in Galle yesterday [19].
In what appeared to be a conflict of opinion within the Cabinet, President Ranil Wickremesinghe defied Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and went ahead with the publication of the ‘22 Amendment to the Constitution Bill’ in a gazette notification last afternoon.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe urged that there should be no fear regarding the constitutional amendment.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) is yet to be intimated officially or in writing by incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe or entrepreneur Dhammika Perera that either will contest for the presidency, said its national organizer Namal Rajapaksa, while stressing that he too, has not done anything of the sort.
As the then prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe allowed racism to grow during the good governance regime, charged the leader of the National People's Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa says he will create one million new business ventures and entrepreneurs, who will be given the capital required.
