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Category: POLITICS

Lasantha Alagiyawanna re-appointed COPA chairman
Local

Lasantha Alagiyawanna re-appointed COPA chairman

State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna has been re-appointed as the Chairman of the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA). The Committee of…

byTeam Independent07/02/202007/02/2020
Ranjan Ramanayake: Produced before Government Analyst for voice test
Local

Ranjan Ramanayake: Produced before Government Analyst for voice test

UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has left the Government Analyst’s Department after carrying out a voice test as ordered by the…

byTeam Independent07/02/202007/02/2020
Trump acquitted by Senate in impeachment trial
The WorldThe world

Trump acquitted by Senate in impeachment trial

President Donald Trump has been cleared in his impeachment trial, ending a congressional bid to remove him from office that…

byTeam Independent06/02/202006/02/2020
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa meets the Russian Federation’s Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces, General Oleg Salyukov
LocalLocal

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa meets the Russian Federation’s Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces, General Oleg Salyukov

byTeam Independent05/02/2020
Saman Rathnapriya sworn in as new MP
Local

Saman Rathnapriya sworn in as new MP

Saman Rathnapriya has been sworn in as a Member of the Parliament of the United National Party (UNP) a short…

byTeam Independent05/02/2020
Ranjith Madduma Bandara to be appointed new UNP alliance’s General Secretary
Local

Ranjith Madduma Bandara to be appointed new UNP alliance’s General Secretary

The United National Front (UNF) has decided to appoint Parliamentarian Ranjith Madduma Bandara as the General Secretary of the new…

byTeam Independent05/02/2020
Body politic with a weak skeletal structure
Local

Body politic with a weak skeletal structure

By Vishvanath   A political party system is the skeletal structure of the body politic and its health is a…

byFaraz Shauketaly01/02/2020
Sajith gets control of UNP-led Alliance
Local

Sajith gets control of UNP-led Alliance

UNP Parliamentarian Nalin Bandara says Sajith Premadasa’s supporters are happy with the party’s decision to appoint him as the leader…

byFaraz Shauketaly01/02/2020
Ajith Prasanna and two retired intelligence officers remanded
Local

Ajith Prasanna and two retired intelligence officers remanded

Retired Major Ajith Prasanna and two retired intelligence officers have been remanded until February 14 by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court,…

byFaraz Shauketaly31/01/202031/01/2020
Sajith willing to be UNP-led alliance’s leader – Nalin Bandara
Local

Sajith willing to be UNP-led alliance’s leader – Nalin Bandara

Parliamentarian Sajith Premadasa says that he is agreeable to be the leader of the UNP-led alliance and the prime ministerial…

byFaraz Shauketaly31/01/202031/01/2020

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