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PoliticalTags: Print EditionOpposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa and SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma, two aspirants for the Presidency met yesterday for talks, party sources said. Their meeting in Colombo was also attended by several…
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PoliticalAmali MallawaarachchiTags: Print EditionOpposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday (18) stated that neither he nor his party will ever betray the people’s voice represented by the Galle Face protesters. Premadasa made this…
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Vacant position of President* If only one MP’s name is proposed no election would be required* Parliament Secretary General will act as ‘returning officer’PoliticalTags: Print EditionIf only one Parliamentarian’s name is proposed for…
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Election of President by ParliamentPoliticalTags: Print EditionAlthough there was one previous experience of electing a President by Parliament in Sri Lanka, this time is special. In 1993, given the demise of the former President…
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LocalChinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong symbolically handing over the second stock of rice from China to Education Ministry Secretary M. N. Ranasinghe to re-commence the School Meal Programme..Tags: Print EditionThe school…
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LocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionPolonnaruwa Police are conducting investigations to arrest several individuals who are said to have threatened a group of Police officers near a filling station in Kaduruwela on July 13. According…
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LocalSubhashini Senanayake and Lahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe Galle Face protestors have decided to stage several protests today (19) and tomorrow (20) urging Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign from his position.…
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LocalTags: Print EditionThe Police have so far arrested 3215 people in connection with the violent incidents that took place across the island on May 9. “Of them, 1176 people are still in remand custody,” said the Police Media…
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Law & OrderLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionWelikada Police arrested a suspect with 50 canisters of tear gas at Nanayakkara Mawatha in Obeysekarapura on Sunday. These canisters are said to be the ones that were forcibly taken away…
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SportsChris DhambarageHead of GVR Avtandil Ghibradze (left) and President of SLR Rizly Illyas exchanging documentsTags: Print EditionSri Lanka Rugby (SLR) and the Georgian Rugby Union (GRU) signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding…
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