UNP trade union denounces party stand on selling national assets Extends hand to Wimal, Udaya, Dayasiri to shut down country in protest By Rathindra Kuruwita (The Island) Trade unions would shut down the country unless the government heeded their call for stopping the sale of national assets to foreign countries, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS) Convenor Ananda Palitha told the media in Colombo. Palitha said that on 26 October at the JSS headquarters he had asked UNP Assistant Leader Akila Viraj Kariyawasam for the party’s support for…
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Ali Sabri will announce his resignation soon?
Media speculates Justice Minister Ali Sabri will announce his resignation soon? Several media reports confirm that Justice Minister Ali Sabri is deeply concerned about the Presidential Task Force on ‘One Country, One Law’, newly appointed by the President.It is revealed that the reason for this is that the appointment of Gnanasara Thera as the Chairman of the Task Force. The appointment has given Gnanasara Thera the ability to interfere in all the activities of the Ministry of Justice. Gotabaya Rajapaksa responded strongly to the government’s internal opposition to the appointment,…
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