International condemnation of journalist Bennett Rupasinghe’s arrest »
International rights organisations have called for the immediate release of an editor of a website critical of the Sri Lankan government. Bennett Rupasinghe, News Editor of LankaeNews was remanded by courts following his arrest by the Wellampitiya police on Monday. Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders(RSF) said that he should be released immediately. RSF research coordinator [...]
No elections in future to choose UNP office bearers — Ranil »
THURSDAY, 31 MARCH 2011 00:00 By Yohan Perera Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that the party’s working committee had decided to not have internal elections for any posts in the party in future and that suitable people for the top posts would be selected through consensus. This decision had been taken despite [...]
New UNP local councillors pledge to declare assets »
* Abide by party discipline, work for people’s welfare March 30, 2011, 10:42 pm by Zacki Jabbar Candidates elected on the UNP ticket, at the March 17 local government elections, yesterday pledged to abide by party discipline, declare their assets and work to improve the living and economic conditions of the people. The 892 UNP [...]
එජාපයේ එක්මුතුකම ප්රතිගාමීන්ගේ පරාජයයි- බෙදීම් අමතකර එකමුතුව රට ගොඩගනිමු »
එජාපයේ එක්මුතුකම ප්රතිගාමීන්ගේ පරාජයයි බෙදීම් අමතකර එකමුතුව රට ගොඩගනිමු එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂයේ නායකත්ව අර්බුදය විසඳෙන්නට තිබුණු හොඳම අයුරින් විසඳුණි. රනිල් වික්රමසිංහ මහතා එජාප නායකත්වයට යළි පත්වුණු අතර සජිත් ප්රේමදාස සහ කරු ජයසූරිය යන මහත්වරු නියෝජ්ය නායකවරුන් වශයෙන් පත් වූහ. එක්සත් ජාතික පාක්ෂිකයන් අති බහුතරයක් අපේක්ෂා කළේ පක්ෂය නොබෙදෙන අයුරින් මේ අර්බුදය විසඳෙනු දකින්නටයි. පක්ෂ නායකයා [...]
Manmohan invites Zardari, Gilani for Mohali World Cup semi-final »
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has invited Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani to watch the India-Pakistan cricket World Cup semifinal to be played at Mohali in Punjab on March 30. In virtually identical letters to Mr. Zardari and Mr. Gilani, Dr. Singh said he planned to watch the semifinal. [...]
Speech in Parliament by Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, Deputy Leader UNP … »
Speech in Parliament by Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, Deputy Leader UNP – Adjournment Proposals on the Local Government Elections March 26, 2011, 6:24 pm * We respect the decision of the people during the last election. * We realize the value of the universal franchise when masses of the world shed blood and sacrifice lives for [...]
Getting the UNP act together »
Editorial March 26, 2011, 3:51 pm Sajith Premadasa clearly did not wish to test his popularity in the UNP, or at least the electoral college, and has bowed out of the leadership stakes perhaps for the time being. The young man who said he would push for an election back-pedaled eventually and Ranil Wickremesinghe, the [...]
The goal of ruling the country once again-Can’t criticize Ranil… »
Thursday, 24 March 2011 11:46 Stern action will be taken against any UNP members who criticizes the party leadership, the UNP announced today. UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera said that the decision was arrived at after yesterday’s UNP working committee meeting where Ranil Wickramasinghe was endorsed as the party leader. Samaraweera said that the party will [...]
Ranil- Leader and Sajith – New Deputy Leader »
Ending months of speculation, Hambanthota district UNP MP Sajith Premadasa today accepted the portfolio as the Deputy Leader of UNP at the working committee meeting, concluded this evening. Ranil Wickramasinghe was unanimously appointed as the leader of the party while Karu Jayasuriya was also appointed as the deputy leader, by the UNP working committee. Therefore, [...]
Cash-for-votes: Sushma slams Manmohan »
A united opposition on Wednesday mounted attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the cash-for- votes scam wondering as to how he could wash his hands of the matter as he had headed the government in 2008 and was the “biggest beneficiary” of the trust vote. Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj made a stinging [...]
