Government Planning To Propose UNP Senior Leader Karu Jayasuriya For The Parliamentary Speaker's Post

The newly elected government is  planning  to propose the senior leader of  Governing United National Party(UPFA) Karu Jayasuriya for the post of Parliamentary Speaker.The speaker is due to be selected when the new Parliament convened it's first session next month.

However it has been reported that no final decision regarding proposing  the Senior Leader of UNP Jayasuriya for speaker's post has taken yet .

Karu Jayasuriya has not contested the recently concluded Parliamentary Election and he was appointed to the Parliament today through the National List of UNP.

UPFA Sacked Three Of It's Executive Members With Immediate Effect

The acting general secretary of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) Professor Vishwa Warnapala  has today (21)removed  elected MP'S Pavithra Wanniarachchi,S.M Chandrasene and Kumara Welgama  from the UPFA'S Executive Committee with immediate effect.All three of the removed UPFA exco members are also members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) which is the main party attach to UPFA.

The reason behind the removal of these elected MP's not announced as yet.However it is widely believed that the reason for these removals is their opposition of forming a national government between Governing United National Party(UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP).The removed  members who are known as supporters of former president Mahinda Rajapakshe ,have strongly criticized the SLFP'S decision to join the national government during yesterday's Central Committee Meeting of SLFP .After they expressed their views esident Maithripala Sirisene has warned all SLFP Central Committee Members that anyone who are opposing the committee's decisions will be severely punished  .

Meanwhile the sacked UPFA Exco member Kumara Welagama has been removed form the SLFP Central Committee as well by the Party's acting secretary Duminda Dissanayake today.

The SLFP Central Committee has  yesterday decided to Join the National Government formed by UNP and appointed a six member committee headed by former president and SLFP Exco member Mrs.Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunge to examine the possibilities of joining the national government.

PAINTING OF FAMOUS RUSSIAN ARTIST WASSILY KANDINSKY -"COLORFUL LIFE"(1907)

Artist is a person who   feels the heart beet , feelings and emotions of the common people.The tool of expressing their thoughts is call an  Art.Artists should be very sensitive  minded and  general belief is that they are not playing with   feelings of other people.

National Freedom Front Leader Weerawansha Has Arrived At Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division To Give A Statement

The leader of the National Freedom Front elected MP Wimal Weerawansha has arrived short while ago to the headquarters of Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division in Colombo to give a statement regarding an allegation leveled against him before the election regarding his earned assets.

Yesterday the Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division has recorded a statement from the MP's wife Shashi Weerawanshe regarding the same allegation.

Both the National Freedom Front Leader and his wife were charged for obtaining foreign diplomatic passports by producing false details on their date of
birth and the case is still pending at the courts.

Ranil Wikramasinghe Sworn In As New Prime Minister -MOU Has Signed After The Ceremony To Form A National Government

The Prime Minister of the newly elected government Ranil Wikramasinghe has sworn in short while ago  as the new prime minister of the National Government comprising the two main parties the United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) at a function held at the Presidential Secretariat.

Soon after the swearing ceremony of  new prime minister the two general secretaries of  United National Party and Sri Lanka Freedom Party ,Kabir Hashim and Duminda Dissanayake respectively signed a Memorandum Of Understanding(MOU) to form a national government with the participation of MP's elected from both parties for 2-3 year period.

The Prime Minister has sworn in before the President Maithripala Sirisene at 10 a.m this morning and Political Party members,the former president Mahinda Rajapakshe and Former Army Commander Field Marshal General Sarath Fonseka were among those participated the event.

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New Prime Minister Will Become The Second Prime Minister In The History To Be Elected Four Times To The Post

The New Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe is due to  become the second Sri Lankan Prime Minister to be elected to the post four times after he sworn in as Prime Minister before the  President tomorrow.The other Sri Lankan Prime Minister who was elected to the Post four times was late Dudley Senanayake.

Prime Minister Wikramasinghe who contested from Colombo District at the Parliamentary Election held last Monday has received 500,566 votes a highest number of voted received by a Prime Ministerial Candidate in Sri Lankan Political History.