Former JVP Presidential candidate Nandana Gunathilake
In an interview with the Sunday Observer, former JVP Presidential candidate (1999) and current Panadura Urban Council Chairman and UNP organiser Nandana Gunathilake said the voters are not deceived by the JVP’s rhetoric on the political stage and the party also does not have a viable policy on national issues. It also does not have the international relations to rebuild a country, Gunathilake added....
During the past week President Ranil Wickremesinghe personally got involved in the arrangements made to celebrate the 75th Independence Day celebrations on a grand scale.The President laid emphasis on activities such as getting the IMF bailout package and economic management. The President also focused attention on the Government Policy Statement to be made when Parliament reconvenes on February 8.As usual...
One of the island’s finest ambassadors of sport, Rumesh Ratnayake, came to the rescue of a troubled Sri Lanka Cricket administration to bail them out just in time ahead of the women’s T20 World Cup commencing on February 8 in South Africa.Ratnayake will be the coach of the team in the 10-nation championship that will showcase modern women whose technique and style of play is no different from their male...
The celebration of Independence Day on February 4 despite the economic crisis will have a positive impact on Sri Lanka’s global tourism destination marketing image, said President the Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, M. Shanti Kumar.Sri Lanka has been generating huge negative publicity recently with the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa due to violent street protests and subsequently a change of...