Retired Senior DIG Merril Gunaratne has made a series of proposals as part of overall efforts to reform the police. Gunaratne, in his recently launched ‘Perils of a Profession’ explained the urgently needed reforms. Public Security Minister Retired Rear Admiral Sarath Weerasekera recently vowed to introduce much required changes. Minister Weerasekera recently held discussions with […]
COPE Chairman Charitha Herath, MP (second from left) is flanked by officials (pic courtesy Parliament) COPE PROBE By Saman Indrajith A probe conducted by the parliament watchdog Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has found that the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust fund incurred a loss of Rs. 673 million from an online lottery, Parliament sources […]
Sarath Jayamanne the Senior Additional Solicitor General, President’s Counsel, will retire on January 16, 2021. He has appeared in most of the landmark cases such as the Tony Martin case and the Kobbeigana beauty queen murder case. He has many academic accomplishments connected to the legal profession and had secured them while serving in the […]
584 new COVID-19 cases had been detected yesterday, and the total number of cases so far detected in the country since March last year rose to 49,259. The new infections are from the Minuwangoda, Peliyagoda and prison clusters. The country has recorded 240 deaths from the highly contagious virus. There have been 42,621 recoveries.
By Saman Indrajith
SJB General Secretary and MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara said that Ajith Mannapperuma might replace MP Ranjan Ramanayake who would lose his Parliament seat due to being sentenced to prison.
MP Madduma Bandara said that the party would not require nominating a new member to fill MP Ramanayake’s Parliament seat as per the provisions of the Parliamentary Elections Act, the next candidate with the highest number of votes after Ramanayake would be entitled to become an MP.
Ajith Mannaperuma contested the 2020 general election from the Gampaha District and polled 47,212 votes but failed to enter Parliament. He is next on the list of candidates in the order of votes obtained by the SJB candidates.