UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has declared that he was willing to step down for the sake of the unity of the party.
Mr Kariyawasam had made his position at a meeting attended by Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe and Sajith Premadasa on Tuesday night.
This was after members supporting Mr Premadasa said they may contest under the telephone symbol as they were finding it difficult to contest under the elephant or swan symbols. However, Mr Kariyawasam had pointed out that since they were planning to contest under an alliance and the party with the telephone has its own constitution, there was a risk of the list getting rejected by the elections commission.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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