Maximum retail price imposed on turmeric powder

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

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

Submissions made to Speaker on opposition leader post

Submissions have been made to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on the opposition leader post. Jayasuriya told Parliament today that he had received submissions from United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) General Secretary Mahinda Amaraweera and?Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran. Sumanthiran, in his submission, urged the Speaker to refrain from recognising former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as Opposition Leader. Sumanthiran has written to the Speaker urging him to appoint

21 Dec, 2018