President, PM, CBK in Jaffna tomorrow

President Mathripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga are scheduled to fly to Jaffna tomorrow morning on an important symbolic visit to the North, to distribute title deeds of lands in the former High Security Zones being returned to families displaced by the war.

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Premajayantha asks:

Is April 23 auspicious?

UPFA General Secretary, MP Susil Premajayantha, challenged the UNP-led government to effect the necessary constitutional amendments or hand over governance to the opposition, as it already has a 138-seat majority in Parliament.

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Buddhadasa on Weerawansa:

He’s a callous politician

The whole country knows the level of financial strength Weerawansa had five years ago and his present position after becoming a minister? How did he amass so much of wealth within such a short period? He is not a professional, neither is he a businessman. He is only a downright garrulous talker. How can he build castles? I expect the authorities to conduct credible investigations into all my complaints against him and bring him to book.

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