United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to appoint a leadership council within the UNP next week, sources said.
The next UNP leader will be appointed from this council based on their performances pertaining to certain tasks which will be entrusted with them during the general election.
Parliamentarians Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Sajith Premadasa, Harin Fernando, and Navin Dissanayake are expected to be among those in the leadership council.
(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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