Executive Grade of university non-academic staff also calls off strike
The Executive Grade of the non-academic staff of universities yesterday decided to call off their trade union action.
The Executive Grade of the non-academic staff of universities yesterday decided to call off their trade union action.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe extended an offer to restore Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa's banned United National Party (UNP) membership if he assists in the Government’s recovery effort.
The latest round of the Gallup style ‘Mood of the Nation’ poll of Verité Research revealed that over three times as many people approve of the government and feel better about the economy and the country’s economic trajectory compared to four months ago, the Verité Research said.
It will be the president who will have to allot funds from the consolidated fund if a referendum is to be held for a passage of the cabinet-approved constitutional amendment on the president’s term, said a top official of the Election Commission.
Prime minister Dinesh Gunawardena is doing his level best to reverse a decision by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) against supporting incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe at the presidential election.
The Deshapremi Jana Balawegaya (DJB), whose general secretary Sugath Hewapathirana is a close confidante of SLPP founder Basil Rajapaksa, is to field a candidate at the presidential polls.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will soon announce its presidential candidate, and incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe will not be that candidate, says Rajapaksa family relative Udayanga Weeratunga.
Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe should contest for the presidency, insists chief government whip Prasanna Ranatunga.
The drugs menace as well as the underworld have not been abated despite boastful remarks by the police chief and the public security minister, charged MP Patali Champika Ranawaka.
Police have launched an investigation into several threatening posters found in Maharagama and Dematagoda after the Athurugiriya shooting that left two people dead, including Club Wasantha.