Ranil backtracks on redistribution of lands surrounding Kurunthur Malai
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured the majority Sinhala people that areas around archaeological sites would be protected.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured the majority Sinhala people that areas around archaeological sites would be protected.
Former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Mujibur Rahman has sought information pertaining to privileges given to former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to appoint an expert committee to inquire into and report on a request for 5,000 acres of land for two Buddhist temples in Mullaitivu and Trincomalee.
No decision whatsoever has been taken to transfer the state-owned land within Kurundi Vihara in Mullativu to outsiders, said secretary to the president Saman Ekanayake.
The SLPP leadership is meeting former heads of local government bodies from that party later today (15).
A SJB politician has been arrested in Horana after he fired shots into the air to frighten a group that invaded his privacy.
Deputy leader of the UNP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has urged the intelligent people against the use of archaeology along a racist line in politics.
The National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA) has sent 18 pharmacists back to the Health Ministry after allegations they had enjoyed privileges from both institutions.
As the main government affiliate, the SLPP will continue to support president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s nation-building programme, pledged its national organizer Basil Rajapaksa.
Struggles by the Tamils to win their rights cannot be repressed by unlawful arrests, said the TNPF.