Despite the granting of approval for Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa to lead the alliance. select the General Secretary of the alliance and make the nomination list for the upcoming elections, the final approval of the Working Committee will be needed.
A party official said that the new General Secretary will also have to be a UNP member.
The appointment of electoral and district organisers also would have to be finalized in consultation with party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The move came as the Premadasa faction said they planning to appoint Senior UNP MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara as the General Secretary, but sections of the UNP were opposing his names.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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