SLFP-UNP ‘power sharing’ strategy for L-G polls

A heated verbal battle broke out at the SLFP parliamentary group meeting with President Maithripala Sirisena last Monday evening over another gathering held earlier at MP Gamini Lokuge’s house in Colombo.

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Running in the families, a haal messas’ alliance and a hero’s selfie

The minor political parties who cling to the UPFA tag in the Opposition are now holding discussions to form what they call a ‘grand coalition’ for the Local Government elections in March.

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New Prime Minister of Canada

A slight trace of the Trudeaumania of 1968 must surely have pervaded Ottawa as Justine Pierre James Trudeau was declared Prime Minister of Canada on October 19 this year. At 43 years of age, this leader of the Liberal Party is the second youngest Prime Minister of the country.

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