Confronting rising popular anger, President Gotabhaya Rajapakse called an emergency cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss the country’s worsening debt crisis.
Chief Government Whip Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday told Parliament that the Opposition was bandying about figures as regards the third phase of the Central Expressway construction even through the tender process had not yet been concluded. Responding to a question raised by Galle District SJB MP Gayantha Karunatilake, Minister Fernando said: “The Opposition members […]
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Premadasa: SJB has never betrayed the country By Saman Indrajith Public Security Minister Rear Admiral (retd) Sarath Weerasekara called on the SJB in parliament yesterday not to undermine national interest for petty political gains. Responding to a question raised by SJB and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa, the Minister said that the recent attack on the house of […]
JVP MP Vijitha Herath told Parliament yesterday that the fuel prices would be increased again, soon. The MP said that the economic mismanagement of the government had resulted in a crisis situation. “Plantations Minister said that he hoped to develop tea cultivation and earn USD 500 million profit for the country. The question is whether […]