Politics

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a Five Member Committee to expedite the reorganizing process of the party. This committee comprises Party Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene, Chairman Vajira Abeywardena, General…

There is no one in the Opposition who can match the organizational strength of the National Organizer of the Sri Lanka People’s Front Basil Rajapaksa, SLPP Engineering Front President and Ceylon Electricity Board Chairman Engineer…

The Ministerial Consultative Committee on Trade agreed on Thursday to present to Parliament an Order containing an amendment to the Cess applicable to the export of goods under the Sri Lanka Export Development Act. This Order…

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday inaugurated the development of 500 Villages islandwide as “Saubhagya Production Villages”. The first three villages under the programme,namely Mandaramnuwara in Nuwara Eliya, Uduiriyagolla in…

United National Party General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara yesterday said the Party can make a strong comeback soon. This is with a number of local authority members who left the Party in the recent past returning to the fold…

United National Party General Secretary (UNP) Palitha Range Bandara said the UNP will provide leadership to people who are against the government due to problems regarding their livelihoods. He made this comment while expressing…

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is hopeful of receiving two more Cabinet Ministerial portfolios and two more State Ministerial portfolios within the next couple of weeks, an SLFP State Minister told the Daily News yesterday. The…

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The Committee appointed to look into the incidents that took place in Parliament chamber and its premises on April 21, 2021 that met on Monday (28) decided to submit its report to Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane next week. The…

Many ministers and SLPP MPs have urged former minister Basil Rajapaksa to enter Parliament and serve the country with greater vigour, political sources said. These sources said that former Minister Rajapaksa has still not made up…