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Basil Rajapaksa resigns from his seat in Parliament

Former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa resigned from his seat in Parliament today. The former Minister said that he has handed over his resignation letter to Parliament. “I am now an ordinary citizen of Sri Lanka,” he told reporters today. He said that the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will now be able to appoint a new MP through the National List. Rajapaksa said that he entered Parliament last year to play the role of Finance Minister and he feels he is now no more needed in Parliamen

09 Jun, 2022

Champika says SJB did not meet expectations

Former Minister Champika Ranawaka says the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) did not meet the expectations of being the alternative that the country needed. He told reporters today that with the shortcomings in the United National Party and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), there was a need for an alternative force. However, Ranawaka said the SJB failed to meet that expectation. Ranawaka said the SJB invited him to join the party as well but instead he decided to sit as an independent MP in

09 Jun, 2022

CEB engineers suspend trade union action

Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) engineers suspended their trade union action following talks with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. CEB engineers went on strike over 4 key demands. The CEB Engineers Union said that one demand is to withdraw the proposed amendment to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act. Meanwhile, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera had said that CEB engineers union had discussed of a possible nation wide blackout in protest of the amendment. ?Unions which have deprived many o

09 Jun, 2022