Move to get more political parties under UPFA rainbow coalition –  Minister S.B. Dissanayake

Denying media speculation of forming a new political alliance by some UPFA members, Social Empowerment and Welfare Minister S.B. Dissanayake spilled the beans of a move to get more political parties under the wings of the UPFA rainbow coalition and strengthen it as a broader alliance.

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We do not fantasise ruling forever

First year of the Sirisena Presidency:

At the end of his first year in office, President Maithripala Sirisena is more forward looking rather than reflective as he was interviewed jointly by the Sunday Observer and her sister paper, The Silumina, last week. Sandwiched between a presentation of a book by a group of his citizens and a meeting with two members of the Sangha,

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Constitutional reform resolution: Vasu calls for clarity

Members of the Joint Opposition will meet on January 6 where the agenda would be the inclusivity of an all party representation at the steering committee of the Constitutional Assembly, the leader of Democratic Left Front Vasudeva Nanayakkara told the Sunday Observer.

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