National People's Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has given notice to his party support of possible Presidential election dates later this year.
Addressing a meeting of party supporters in Vancouver, Canada over the weekend he said that it was most likely that the Presidential elections will be held on September 28 or October 5.
“I am giving you notice of the possible dates so that you can book your air tickets in time’, Mr Dissanayake said.
He said that there should not be a doubt about elections and that President Ranil Wickremesinghe will go ahead with the elections.
He said that constitutionally, the Presidential elections should be held between September 17 and October 17.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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