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.
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.
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