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Tag: Wimal Weerawansa

Govt. Information Dept. dismisses claims on settling Indians in North
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Govt. Information Dept. dismisses claims on settling Indians in North

No foreigners or foreign families have been settled in any part of the country, the Department of Government Information stated.…

byFaraz Shauketaly12/09/2018
Don’t go near Ranil, might sell you off – Wimal
LOCAL

Don’t go near Ranil, might sell you off – Wimal

JNP Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa criticized the government’s policy regarding the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport (MRIA) and the Bandaranaike International Airport…

byFaraz Shauketaly20/08/2018
SL Ambassador to Qatar forcibly took over Sri Lankan school in Doha: JO
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SL Ambassador to Qatar forcibly took over Sri Lankan school in Doha: JO

The Joint Opposition yesterday charged that the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Qatar A. S. P. Liyanage had wrested control of…

byFaraz Shauketaly09/08/201809/08/2018
India will own 70% of Mattala Airport forever – Wimal
LOCAL

India will own 70% of Mattala Airport forever – Wimal

MP Wimal Weerawansa says that there is a plan to remove the Navy camp in Galle from its current location.…

byFaraz Shauketaly24/07/2018
JO party leaders absent at MR’s meeting
LOCAL

JO party leaders absent at MR’s meeting

Party leaders in the Joint Opposition (JO) have not been present at a meeting of the JO MPs that was…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/06/2018
Roger resigns from Wimal’s NFF
LOCAL

Roger resigns from Wimal’s NFF

Actor turned politician, Roger Seneviratne, who is also a councilor of the Western Provincial Council representing the National Freedom Front…

byFaraz Shauketaly04/06/2018
MPs Wimal Weerawansa and Jayantha Samaraweera produced before court today
LOCAL

MPs Wimal Weerawansa and Jayantha Samaraweera produced before court today

Parliamentarians Wimal Weerawansa and Jayantha Samaraweera, who were issued warrants for their arrest, appeared before Colombo Chief Magistrate Court yesterday…

byFaraz Shauketaly21/03/2018
Arrest warrants issued against MPs Wimal Weerawansa & Jayantha Samaraweera
LOCAL

Arrest warrants issued against MPs Wimal Weerawansa & Jayantha Samaraweera

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court has issued warrants to arrest the National Freedom Front (NFF) leader parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa and…

byFaraz Shauketaly20/03/2018
Corruption case against Wimal Weerawansa postponed to May 16
LOCALTOP STORY

Corruption case against Wimal Weerawansa postponed to May 16

The case filed by the Bribery Commission against former Minister and National Freedom Front leader Wimal Weerawansa will be taken…

byFaraz Shauketaly20/02/2018
If Perpetual is not relieved of its profits bond saga will be a pus vedilla
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If Perpetual is not relieved of its profits bond saga will be a pus vedilla

When the Bond Commission was set up I wrote an article on 8 September 2017 titled ‘If at the end…

byFaraz Shauketaly27/01/2018

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