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Fonseka and Range Bandara still listed for Ministry posts

Former Ministers Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka and?Range Bandara are still listed for?Ministry posts, Minister Vajira Abeywardena said today. He said that there was an issue over Fonseka and Bandara and this resulted in the two not being appointed today. However Abeywardena said that Fonseka and Bandara are still in the list of names given by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to President Maithripala Sirisena as the nominees for Ministerial posts. He said that the Prime Minister was in talks

20 Dec, 2018

UN Chief welcomes resolution of political crisis in Sri Lanka

UN Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres welcomed the resolution of political crisis in Sri Lanka. Ant?nio Guterres also applauded the resilience of the country?s democratic institutions. “The Secretary-General welcomes the resolution of the political crisis in Sri Lanka through peaceful, constitutional means, and applauds the resilience of the country?s democratic institutions,” Guterres said in a statement. The Secretary-General called on all political actors to seize the opportunity of the ap

21 Dec, 2018

President refuses to approve Ministry posts to SLPF MPs

President Maithripala Sirisena has refused to approve Ministry portfolios to Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLPF) Parliamentarians in the new cabinet. Minister?Navin Dissanayake said that the SLFP MPs who joined the Government were in a list of MPs nominated for Ministerial posts by the United National Front (UNF). However, he said the President was firm on his stand not to approve Ministerial posts for SLFP MPs. (Colombo Gazette)

20 Dec, 2018