Day: November 3, 2021

Farmers to switch from hunger strike to fast unto death BY Buddhika Samaraweera (The Morning) Promising stricter protest action, including a fast-unto-death action, the hunger strike launched by farmers belonging to 41 farmers organisations in the Elahera area in Polonnaruwa, demanding the immediate supply of chemical fertiliser and agrochemicals such as pesticides and herbicides required for the Maha cultivation season, was ended yesterday (2). The farmers commenced the hunger strike near the Bakamuna town on the Mahiyanganaya-Dambulla Main Road on 24 October, and it marked the 10th day yesterday. A…

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Only Parliament has the power to enact laws Only Parliament has the power to enact laws for One Law One Country Only Parliament has the power to enact laws pertaining to ‘One Country One Law’ and not Presidential Task Forces, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said today. Wijewardene who was speaking during a special program held at the UNP headquarters Sirikotha said the responsibility of implementing the ‘One Country One Law’ concept did not lie with a Presidential Taskforce.   “President went on to establish a Taskforce for One Country…

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