Post Tagged with: "Ranil Wickremesinghe"
‘Forgetting Bharatha, not a surprise’
(Srilankamirror) – At a time when the statue of the 1956 revolution leader, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was being unceremoniously scrapped from Galle Face, it is not surprising that Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, who is a child resultant of that revolution, is being forgotten, Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said. Speaking in Parliament yesterday (June 22), [...]
‘Inform House of present investments position of EPF, ETF’
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today (June 21) requested the government to inform Parliament the present position of the investments made by the EPF and the ETF. He asked that a detailed statement of all EPF and ETF share purchases from 01 January 2010 to 30 April 2012 (inclusive) be tabled in the House. [...]
Political authority reduced Sri Lanka to lawless state – Ranil
(Srilankamirror) – The blatant violation of the law, rules and regulations by the political authority has effectively reduced Sri Lanka to a lawless state, alleged opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. He told Parliament yesterday (June 19) that there was no law or justice in the country, where armed gangs rule the north, south, east and west, [...]
Ranil to submit a Sri Lanka report to IDU
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is due to submit a report on democracy in Sri Lanka to the International Democratic Union executive committee. The IDU ex-co meeting began in Wellington, New Zealand yesterday (May 27) under the chairmanship of former Australian premier John Howard. Mr. Wickremesinghe is a deputy chairman of the IDU, which [...]
Ranil tells Mahinda to speed up LLRC implementation
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe today (May 14) urged president Mahinda Rajapaksa to speedily implement the LLRC recommendations that are acceptable to the government. At a meeting at Temple Trees, the two leaders discussed the opposition’s representation at the parliamentary select committee on the national issue. The opposition leader said he was prepared to [...]
Bomb found at Ranil’s B’caloa meeting
(Srilankamirror) - A hand grenade had been found from a hotel in Batticaloa, before opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s arrival to address a Lions Club meeting. His bodyguards, carrying out a last minute check of Cope Inn, down Trincomalee Road had found the grenade concealed behind a window sun screen. The search was carried out about [...]
No court orders against national elections – UNP
(Srilankamirror) – The UNP has decided that the party would not obtain court orders against the conduct of any national elections. An order to this effect by opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been issued following a UNP councillor obtained an interim injunction against the dissolution of the north central provincial council. Mr. Wickremesinghe has said [...]
Ranil to launch radical programme for people
(Srilankamirror) – The combined opposition will launch a radical programme soon to win the people their rights, said opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. He visited the trade complex at Abdul Hameed Street at Hulftsdorp in Colombo today (May 10) to speak to the people and shop owners about the escalating cost of living. Mr. Wickremesinghe said [...]
UNP willing to attend PSC if conducive environment created
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says that if sincerity of purpose was exhibited, the UNP will consider participating in the Parliamentary Select Committee on the national question. The Rajapaksa regime should create a proper environment to address the ethnic issue and also stop labelling opposition parties as terrorists just because they talked to the [...]
UNP leader uses May Day to extend hand of friendship to North
(Srilankamirror) – The UNP says it will utilize this May Day as an opportunity to extend the hand of friendship to the people in the North, who have been badly affected by the decades-long war, and as a symbol of strengthening unity between all communities. The UNP is the only political party in Sri Lanka [...]
‘First salvo against Rajapaksa regime from Jaffna’
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says the first salvo against the Rajapaksa regime will be fired from Jaffna, when the UNP-led combined opposition holds its May Day rally there. Jaffna too, is a city of Sri Lanka, and anybody should have the freedom to engage in politics in any part of the country, he [...]
‘Communalism has no place in UNP’
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says communalism is neither the policy nor it has a place within his UNP. There are no allowances for communalism to raise its ugly head in the party, he told the people of the north today (Apr. 28). Presently in Jaffna to oversee arrangements for the UNP-led combined opposition’s [...]
Ranil begins Jaffna visit
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe began a tour of the Jaffna peninsula today (Apr. 28), said his personal aide Sudath Chandrasekara. The main purpose of his visit is to attend the May Day rally of the combined opposition in Jaffna. Mr. Wickremesinghe will visit Pooneryn and Kilinochchi to meet the people, said his aide. [...]
‘Lanka has more powerful missile than India’s Agni’
(Srilankamirror) – Sri Lanka possesses a missile more powerful than the Agni missile launched recently by India, and it is none other than the cost-of-living missile, said opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. He said he would like India, China and the Western world to know about this ‘skyrocketing’ Sri Lankan missile. Mr. Wickremesinghe was speaking at [...]
Ranil calls for expansion of PSC
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has said the opposition too, should be included in the parliamentary select committee. He was speaking last night (Apr. 19) following a meeting with visiting Indian Lok Sabha opposition leader Sushma Swaraj. According to UNP sources, Mr. Wickremesinghe briefed his Indian counterpart about his party’s stance on resolving the [...]
Ranil discusses political solution with Sonia
(Srilankamirror) – Visiting opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe discussed a political solution for Sri Lankan Tamils during a banquet hosted in his honour by India’s ruling Congress leader Sonia Gandhi yesterday (Apr. 13). He stressed on the occasion that such a solution should have a Sri Lankan identity, and could be based on the 13th amendment [...]
Ranil discusses rehabilitation of Lankan Tamils with Advani
(Srilankamirror) – Visiting Sri Lankan opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe met with Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani yesterday (Apr. 12) and discussed the speedy resettlement of displaced Tamils in the island. Mr. Wickremesinghe earlier said there must be agreement between the government and opposition on the resettlement issue, ANI reports. “We had a good [...]
‘Abductions are a daily occurrence today’
(Srilankamirror) – Contrary to its responsibility of ensuring an atmosphere for all citizens to live without fear or suspicion, the present regime has created a culture in which the common people as well as businessmen, journalists and even political leaders go missing, said opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. In a statement, the opposition leader said he [...]
Chandrika, Ranil, Mangala in India
(Srilankamirror) – Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga, opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera have left for India to take part in a political conference. The event in New Delhi is being organized by an international organization, to which Mrs. Kumaratunga has connections, said political sources. During the trip, Mr. Wickremesinghe will also meet [...]
Decision to avoid intra-party clashes
(Srilankamirror) – Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has decided that the general secretary and the electoral organizer of the UNP should approve any party function being organized in a given electorate. The decision has been taken to avoid intra-party clashes, said the party. General secretary of the party Tissa Attanayake will issue an order in writing [...]
