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S.B says former Ministers will sit with the opposition

Former Minister S B Dissanayake says the former Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Ministers will sit with the opposition in Parliament and look to form a broad alliance with the joint opposition. Dissanayake and a few other SLFP Ministers had resigned from their posts recently on the basis that they could not continue to work in the unity Government. The former Minister, before resigning, had also backed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. (Colombo Gazette)

13 Apr, 2018

Opposition leader pins hopes on a new Constitution

Opposition leader R Sampanthan said that he hopes Sri Lanka will?be able to overcome all the obstacles and challenges in framing a new Constitution which paves the way to achieve a lasting solution to the national question. In a message to mark the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year, Sampanthan said that lasting peace and harmony is inevitable for a country to make progress in development and other areas of concern. “My prayer is that in this New Year we will be able to overcome all the ob

14 Apr, 2018

Government asserts no negative impact from prorogation

The?Government asserts the prorogation of Parliament will not have a negative impact. By Gazette notification (Gazette Extraordinary 2066/43 of April 12,2018), with effect from Thursday 12th April 2018, Parliament was prorogued by President Maithripala Sirisena. The next Parliament session will commence on?8th May 2018. The prorogation is the period between the end of a Parliament session and the opening of the next Parliament session. Sudarshana Gunawardana,?Director General of the Governmen

13 Apr, 2018