Speculation is rife in United National Party (UNP) circles that Kandy District UPFA parliamentarian Keheliya Rambukwella will join their ranks.
They say he is expected to make his debut at the party’s first local polls rally which will be held in Kandy on January 12.
Mr Rambukwella was a Minister in former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s Cabinet and was also official Government spokesperson. He was also earlier science and technology minister in the UNP government from 2001 to 2004.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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