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Your Cabinet, And The State Ministries They Are Responsible For

The 2019 Presidential Election elected Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the eighth President of Sri Lanka on the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) ticket.

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe Resigns: New Leader On Wednesday

Leader of the United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesinghe, has resigned after the devastating defeat of the party at the Parliamentary Election last week.

Ethnicity Will Remain On Birth Certificate, Registrar General Clarifies

News that ethnicity would no longer be listed on a child’s birth certificate has been rejected as untrue by the Registrar General’s Department, even as it confirmed it would go ahead with plans to drop parent’s marital information.

President Extends Time Given To Cabinet To Review MCC Report

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended the time given to the Cabinet of Ministers to review the report on the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant by two weeks.

Prime Minister Says While Karuna Reformed, Yahapalana Not

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said people need to be careful not to allow themselves to be ‘distracted’ from the ‘bigger picture’, saying the country would be ‘destroyed’ if people fail to “distinguish between what is politically important and politically unimportant.”

MCC Saga Continues: UNP Denies Receiving Any Money

The United National Party (UNP) yesterday (29) strongly denied it received USD 10 million from the Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) when it signed agreements in 2017 and 2018, saying that its official denial — alongside that of the embassy of the United States in Sri Lanka — only ‘called into question the credibility of the [Gunaruwan] report.’

Prime Minister Alleges Yahapalana Cabal Still At Work

In a special statement issued yesterday (28), Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said local and foreign conspirators had not given up trying to divide the country.

What’s Happening With The MCC Grant?

The Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant from the United States government to Sri Lanka continues to fuel debate as both nations remain locked in unceasing deliberation over the issue.

Inquiry Into Controversial Killing Statement Begun

Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) eastern military commander Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan, commonly known as ‘Karuna Amman’, has been summoned before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to record a statement into controversial comments made on Friday last week (19).

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