Re-establishment of ICs derailed by 13-A debate - Ranil

Now that elections to the Northern, Central and North-Western Provincial Councils had been tentatively fixed for the last week of September, the government should, as a matter of priority, re-establish all Independent Commissions, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Colombo yesterday.

PSC on 13-A will be dragged on until NPC poll is over - UNP

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, having assured the international community, including India, that he would go beyond the 13th Amendment and implement 13-A Plus, has now generated a debate on diluting devolution, with a view to hoodwinking the people until the Northern Provincial Council Election was concluded under the present Constitution, the UNP said yesterday.

Withdrawal of US$ 324 Mn. case against SCB: Pressure or corruption, asks Ravi K

The UNP yesterday questioned as to why the Central Bank had withdrawn a US$ 324 million case against the Standard Chartered Bank for alleged exchange control regulation violations.Was it due to pressure applied on the Central Bank by a higher up or was corruption the reason, Senior UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake queried during a press conference in Colombo.

UNP opposes dilution of 13-A- Govt. split due to its own folly

The UNP said yesterday that it was opposed to the dilution of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution as proposed by the government.UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake, MP, told a news conference in Colombo that the 13th Amendment was a sequel to an accord between two sovereign nations and not a private agreement between Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and President J. R. Jayewardene, as claimed by their critics.

13th should be changed in collaboration with India!

The UNP states that Sri Lanka does not have the right to amend the 13th amendment on its own. Speaking at a press conference held in Colombo today, UNP General Secretary Parliamentarian Thissa Attanayaka stated that no one party has the right to amend an agreement which was reached by two countries.

Problems on Ranil's book on Buddhism!

UNP General secretary MP Thissa Attanayaka said that the book written by the UNP leader Ranil Wickramasinghe has become a big headache to the Rajapaksa clan. He made this comment at a media meeting held today (25) in Colombo. Mr. Aththanayaka said that the Rajapaksa Govt's CID who is on a political hunt,

Sajith says code of ethics meant to gag media

Hambantota District UNP MP Sajith Premadasa handing over a file of documents to Ven. Katuwila Dhammawasa Thera, Chief Incumbent of the Poorvarama, Nelligoda, Ahungalla pertaining to a cash donation he made to the temple under the Sasunata Arana programme to mark the 89th birth anniversary of the late President Ranasinghe Premadasa on Saturday (June 22).