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Ranil Wickremesinghe decides to step down as party leader

Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided to step down as United National Party (UNP) leader following his humiliating defeat at the Parliamentary Elections. UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said that the decision was taken when the UNP Working Committee met today. Ravi Karunanayake, Daya Gamage, Vajira Abeywardena and Akila Viraj Kariyawasam have been nominated as party leader. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said that a final decision on the new leader will be taken on Wednesday. He also said

10 Aug, 2020

Summons issued on Rajitha over ‘white van’ media briefing

The Colombo High Court today issued summons on former Minister Rajitha Senaratne and former Chairman of the State Pharmaceutical Corporation? Mohamed Rumie to appear before Courts on 28 August. The summons was issued over the controversial white van press briefing held prior to the Presidential elections in 2019. On 31 July, Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera filed indictments at the Colombo High Court against Senaratne and Mohamed Rumie over the same incident. Former Parliamentarian Raj

10 Aug, 2020

AirAsia operates special repatriation flight to Mattala

AirAsia Philippines (Z2) marked its first flight to Sri Lanka today on a ship crew exchange mission to repatriate Filipino seafarers, the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Limited) said. This was also the first time Air Asia, Philippines operated a flight to Sri Lanka and was the first time Air Asia arrived at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA). Since the COVID19 pandemic has been controlled within the country, Sri Lanka has been able to come to the aid of the internat

09 Aug, 2020