A group of prominent UNP activists in the Kelaniya electorate met President Maithripala Sirisena today at the President’s Official Residence and joined the SLFP, Presidential Secretaiat said.
They assured their fullest support for the programme carried out by the President for the betterment of the country. The former members of Kelaniya local government Mr. Kanishka Samarasinghe, Mr. Norbert Perera and a former member of the Peliyagoda Urban Council Mr. Lakshman Perera were among the group of activists who joined the SLFP today.
The Chief Incumbent of the Peliyagoda Rohana Viharaya Ven. Urapola Pemasiri Nayaka Thero and the SLFP Chief Organizer for Kelaniya electorate Mr. Thilak Waragoda were also participated on this occasion.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mohammad Ismile Mohammad Shafi, who was appointed as a SLFP Organizer for Kandy District received his letter of appointment from President Maithripala Sirisena today at the President’s Official Residence.
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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