Reveal KP’s antecedent, before his nomination on UPFA ticket – UNP

If the government was intending to field Kumaran Pathmanathan, alias KP, on the UPFA ticket, at the forthcoming Northern Provincial Council Election, it should, first of all, reveal the former LTTE leader’s involvement in terrorism as well as all other information pertaining to the recovery of LTTE assets, the UNP said yesterday.

Juniour Rambukwella’s antics shamed entire Asia – UNP

The UNP yesterday said that Minister Keheliya Rambukwella’s son, Sri Lanka ‘A’ team cricketer, Ramith’s behaviour aboard a British Airways flight would tarnish not only the country’s image but also bring shame up the entire of Asia.

Substandard cooking gas released to market – Tissa

The UNP yesterday warned LP gas consumers in the country of the risk they would face due to the government importing a substandard consignment of 1,116 MT of gas for distribution through Litro Gas Company.The rest of the LP gas consignment, amounting to 2,800 MT, that arrived in the country recently had been bought by the private company, Laugfs.

Commissions piling up like Bloemendhal garbage: Gayantha

The Commissions appointed by the Government to look into various issues are not submitting their reports but only rising up even higher than the Bloemendhal garbage dump, the main opposition UNP charged today.“The appointing Commissions only keep accumulating costs though the outcome is nil,” UNP spokesman Gayantha Karunathilake said.

Foreign reserves not enough to settle external liabilities - Eran

Even if the government were to sell all its foreign reserves it would not be able to settle the external liabilities, UNP MP and Financial analyst Eran Wickremeratne said yesterday.He told that while the Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal kept contradicting himself frequently, the reality was that the country’s liabilities exceeded foreign reserves by about 25 per cent.

Unprotected rail crossings consume more lives – UNP

While burning issues such as unprotected railway crossings were consuming lives by the day, the government had generated a debate on the proposed dilution of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, with a view to diverting attention from matters that concerned the security and economic wellbeing of the masses, the UNP said yesterday.

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.