Blaze destroys 24 homes of Hatton estate community

UNP to appoint new Deputy Leader to replace Sajith

By Vyshnavy Velrajh The United National Party (UNP) is to appoint a new Deputy Leader to replace Sajith Premadasa. UNP General-Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam told the Colombo Gazette that the new appointment will be made by the new UNP office bearers. He said the?UNP Working Committee will discuss the replacement after being nominated by the UNP office bearers. Despite earlier reports Premadasa was still the UNP Deputy Leader,? Kariyawasam said that Premadasa had been removed. He said th

14 Sep, 2020

President appoints new High Court judges

The President today appointed new judges to the High Court. The President?s Media Division (PMD) said twelve new High Court Judges were appointed today. They took oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The PMD added that the judges were handed over their appointment letters at the Presidential Secretariat. The 12 new High Court Judges are former District Judges W. A. Perera, C. Meegoda, A.I.K. Ranaweera, W.M.M. Thalgodapitiya, D.W.W.M.R.C.P. Kumari Dela, and F.S. Ponnamperuma, former Mag

14 Sep, 2020

Mangala questioned on statement Sri Lanka not a Sinhalese Buddhist country

By Vyshnavy Velrajh Former Minister Mangala Samaraweera was questioned by the Police today over a statement he had made saying Sri Lanka is not a Sinhalese Buddhist country. Chairman of the Weligama Urban Council Rehan DW Jayawickreme told the Colombo Gazette that the former United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian had reportedly made the statement in Matara. A complaint had been filed in this regard by State Minister Shehan Semasinghe and a monk from Matara, Jayawickreme said. The Police

14 Sep, 2020