Former President Rajapakshe Has Said That He Has Not Betrayed The Motherland

The former president Mahinda Rajapaksha who has been appointed  as the chairman of election operations committee of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) recently has said today(17) that he has not betrayed the motherland although the finger has pointed on him that he has done so.

Addressing the inauguration election rally of UPFA held at the Salgadu Stadium in Anuradhapura(North Central Province) this afternoon the former president has stressed that he will make any sacrifice to protect the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) which is the largest party belonging to UPFA.

The former president has also told that  he was accused of betrayal charges because he didn't bow down to foreign powers when he was in power.

The Chairman of UPFA  current President Maithripala Sirisene has not attended the inauguration election rally of UPFA as he has decided to stand neutral during the election campaign
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Sri Lankan Muslim Community To Celebrate Ramadan Festival Tomorrow(18)

The Muslim Community in Sri Lanka will Celebrate Eid Ul Fitr Festival Known as Ramadan tomorrow(18) as the full moon has been sighted today(17) the Colombo Grand Mosque has announced.Ramadan will mark the ending of the  month of fasting which the Sri Lankan Muslim Community has begun on 19th of June .

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Government To Build Three Flyovers To Ease Traffic Congestion In Colombo And Suburbs

The government has decided to build three new steel flyovers  in  Rajagiriya(In Colombo ),Ganemulle(Colombo) and Polgahawela(North Western Province) cities  to minimize the traffic congestion prevails there according to the Cabinet Spokesman and Minister of Health And Indigenous Medicine Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.These flyovers will ease the traffic congestion in Colombo and suburbs he has stressed.

Addressing the Cabinet Briefing today Dr.Senaratne has said that the government is due to sign an agreements with government of Spain and BBVA Bank in Spain who are funding the  construction work of these flyovers.

Three Deputy Ministers Of SLFP Have Resigned From Their Posts By Opposing President's Speech

Three deputy ministers representing Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) have resigned from their deputy ministerial portfolios today(16) by opposing the speech made by President Maithripala Sirisene on last Tuesday  by stating that he will stand  neutral during the  election campaign of the forthcoming Parliamentary Election scheduled to be held on 17th of August.

The three deputy ministers namely Dr.Sudarshanie Fernandopulle ,Lasantha Alagiyawanne and Erick Prasanne Weerawardene have tendered their resignations today to the president  it has been reported.

Due to the statement made by President during his speech on Tuesday that he will stand neutral at the election campaign and the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) will be defeated at the forthcoming the election,the election campaign of the UPFA suffered heavily Dr.Fernandopulle has said after tendered her resignation.

POEM -"ME THINKS THIS HEART" BY EMILY BRONTE

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"Me Thinks This Heart..." - Poem by Emily Jane Brontë

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Me thinks this heart should rest awhile
So stilly round the evening falls
The veiled sun sheds no parting smile
Nor mirth nor music wakes my Halls

I have sat lonely all the day
Watching the drizzly mist descend
And first conceal the hills in grey
And then along the valleys wend

And I have sat and watched the trees
And the sad flowers how drear they blow
Those flowers were formed to feel the breeze
Wave their light leaves in summer's glow

Yet their lives passed in gloomy woe
And hopeless comes its dark decline
And I lament because I know
That cold departure pictures mine

Colombo District Court Has Issued An Enjoining Order Against Holding Central And Executive Committee Meetings without President's Permission

The Colombo District Court has issued an enjoining order today(15) against holding Central Committee and Executive Committee meetings of Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) without prior permission of SLFP Chairman ,President Maithripala Sirisene.

The enjoining order was issued after taken in to consideration the case filed by a member of SLFP ,Prasanna Slangaarachchi .

After yesterday's controversial speech made by President Maithripala Sirisene ,the senior politicians belonging to SLFP are of the view that a central committee of the party should convene with immediate effect to discuss the matters arisen through the president's speech.As a result the secretary general of the SLFP Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has requested the central committee members of SLFP to be present at a meeting scheduled to be held at 8 p.m today in SLFP Headquarters at Darly Road,Colombo.However the chairman of the SLFP ,President Maithripala Sirisene has cancelled the meeting by using powers vested to him as the Party Chairman.

Afterwards it has been reported that the SLFP Secretary General Anura Priyadarshana Yapa has again  announced that the SLFP central committee meeting will be held at 8 p.m as scheduled without considering the president's order.

Then a member of SLFP ,Prasanna Solnagarachchi has filed a court case in Colombo District Court this evening by producing the letter sent to  SLFP Secretary General by the President and request a court order to avoid convening central committee meeting of Sri Lanka Freedom Party without the approval of president.