Sirikotha doors open to SJBers including Harsha: Range Bandara

26 Mar 2024

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The doors of UNP headquarters Sirikotha are open at all times to all Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) members, UNP General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara said today.

COPA calls for CID investigation into import of contaminated fish

25 Mar 2024

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The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) called for an investigation into the import of contaminated fish in January this year and has thus advised the Ministry of Finance to refer the matter to CID.

COPF showdown led to milk powder price slash: Harsha

25 Mar 2024

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The Committee on Public Finance’s (COPF) showdown with milk powder importers led to the slashing of milk powder prices, its chairman Harsha De Silva said today.

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Church skeptical on CID questioning Maithri

25 Mar 2024

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National Catholic Director of Mass Communications Fr. Jude Krishantha yesterday said the church in Sri Lanka has decided to adopt a wait and see policy with regard to action which the authorities would take against former President Maithripala Sirisena despite the assurance given by the CID that it will probe the latter would be questioned on the remark he made on Friday.

Arrest Maithri: Opposition MPs

23 Mar 2024

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Opposition MPs Mano Ganesan and Kavinda Jayawardene today called for the immediate arrest of former President Maithripala Sirisena and to interrogate him regarding the remark he made on Friday, stating that he is aware of the mastermind behind the Easter Sunday attacks.

General Election will be held if MPs want: Presidential Advisor

23 Mar 2024

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A General Election will be held if the members of Parliament want an early dissolution of Parliament, Senior Presidential Advisor Ashu Marasinghe said yesterday.

Sri Lanka among ten countries mostly affected by climate change

22 Mar 2024

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Sri Lanka is among the ten countries which are mostly affected by climate change, the first session of the Sri Lanka Climate Parliament revealed today.

SF participates in SJB working committee

20 Mar 2024

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Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Chairman Sarath Fonseka participated in the party’s working committee meeting.

Eran Wickramaratne resigns from COPE

18 Mar 2024

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Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Eran Wickramaratne has resigned from the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) protesting against the appointment of ineligible members to the committee.

Speaker to reveal inside details of Aragalaya on Wednesday

18 Mar 2024

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Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena who is going to face a no confidence motion on Wednesday is to reveal inside details on Aragalaya including how he was pressed by some politicians to take over the presidency in violation of the constitution.

Future SJB government will make English medium education compulsory: Sajith

17 Mar 2024

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A future SJB government will make English medium education compulsory, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said over the weekend.

IMF technical assistance reports will be submitted to Parliament: President

14 Mar 2024

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said that he will submit the IMF technical assistance reports to Parliament soon.

Harsha non-committal on Ranil’s claim

13 Mar 2024

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Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Harsha de Silva was non-committal on the recent remark by President Ranil Wickremesinghe that the SJB leadership has sidelined party men like him and is depending on others such as MPs Professor G.L. Peiris and Nalaka Godahewa.

SJB to seek nutrition package from IMF next week: Sajith

12 Mar 2024

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Whilst revealing that the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) will meet IMF officials next week, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa today said his party will request for IMF assistance for a nutrition package for women and school children.

Newcomers to SJB can be controlled through political tactics: Marikar

12 Mar 2024

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In response to why the Samagi Jana Balwegaya (SJB) is depending on newcomers while neglecting its own members, its spokesman and Member of Parliament S.M. Marikar said the newcomers can be dealt with political tactics.

UNP rally in Kuliyapitiya

’My name removed from speakers’ list’: Navin Dissanayake

11 Mar 2024

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Former UNP National Organizer Navin Dissanayake said he did not participate in yesterday’s meeting organized by his party as his name had been removed from the speaker’s list.

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Sajith listening to outsiders and ignoring SJB members: Ranil

10 Mar 2024

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Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa is ignoring members of his own party and is listening to outsiders. This is why he decided not to participate in the debt restructuring process, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

Vajira to reveal how Ranil became President in another book

09 Mar 2024

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UNP Chairman and Member of Parliament Vajira Abeywardene yesterday announced that he will launch another book shortly which relates how the incumbent President Ranil Wickremeisnghe became President of Sri Lanka after the ‘ Aragalaya’( mass protests) in 2022.

President, Mahinda, Basil talks end with no decision on alliance

08 Mar 2024

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The meeting among President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) leaders Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa ended with no final decision on the formation of an alliance ahead of the pending national elections, Daily Mirror learns .

First Lady calls for humanized foreign ties

06 Mar 2024

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At a time where it is repeatedly stressed that Sri Lanka needs to work closely with other nations, First lady Maithree Wickremesinghe called for diplomatic ties which would become connections of hearts, minds and souls.