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Sajith to form new alliance if no deal

United National Party (UNP) Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa will form a new alliance if an agreement is not reached on the UNP leader post. UNP Parliamentarian Harin Fernando said that plans to form the new alliance will move ahead after a UNP meeting on the party leadership issue ended inconclusively today. UNP Parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara said that Premadasa had a clear majority support in the party. He said that attempts will be made to secure the party leadership post to Premada

16 Jan, 2020

Amnesty International raises concerns over intimidation of journalists, activists

Amnesty International is concerned by multiple reports of harassment, intimidation and attacks on human rights organisations, media outlets, and journalists in Sri Lanka. Amnesty International has received reports that the authorities carried out more than a dozen unscheduled visits to human rights and media organisations between May 2019 and January 2020 that were seen as acts of harassment and intimidation. The targets included human rights organisations, and media outlets, who said they wer

16 Jan, 2020

JVP to meet Speaker and demand release of bond scam forensic report

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) says it will meet Speaker Karu Jayasuriya next week and demand the release of the Central Bank treasury bond scam forensic report to Parliament. JVP Parliamentarian Bimal Ratnayake told reporters today that the JVP will meet the Speaker on 21 January and make a formal request. He said that the Speaker has the authority to release the report despite advise issued by the Attorney General not to do so. The Attorney General had advised Speaker Karu Jayasuriya n

16 Jan, 2020