The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) movement says that it will disband following the Parliamentary election.
"The country has a good leader now," BBS General Secretary Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero told a news conference in Colombo.
He expressed belief that the country can move forward with a good cabinet of ministers after the parlimentary election. "Therefore we believe that our movement is not necessary anymore," the General Secretary added.
Gnanasara Thero observed that the presidential election results have debunked claims that a government cannot be formed without the votes of the minority communities.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa won 16 out of the 23 electoral districts, but lost in the North and East which is highly concentrated by minorities, to opponent Sajith Premadasa at last week's poll.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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