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Water Supply and Drainage Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara, a frontline member of the government’s rebel group, says he has no risk of losing his ministerial post like Susil Premajayantha.

නව වසරක් ආරම්භ වුවද වෙළදපොලේ එළවලු මිල ගණන් තවමත් පවතින්නේ ඉහල අගයකයි. බොහෝ ආර්ථික මධ්‍යස්ථානවල දත්ත පරීක්ෂා කිරීමේදී දැක ගත හැකි වන්නේ පිපිඤ්ඤා, වට්ටක්කා, රාබූ සහ තක්කාලී හැර සෙසු සෑම එළවලුවකම කිලෝ 01ක තොග මිල රුපියල් 200 සීමාව ඉක්මවා ගොස් ඇති ආකාරයයි. අමු මිරිස් කිලෝවක තොග මිල රුපියල් 900ක් 1,200ත් අතර මිලක පවතිනවා.

In a major twist of events, Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa who returned back to the country from the United States on January 1st morning, is internally campaigning to be appointed as the Prime Minister in the coming months, replacing his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa whilst also calling for an urgent cabinet reshuffle, the Daily Mirror learns.

I wish to responsibly state that there is no discussion within the government to hold Provincial Council elections, said Minister of Energy - Udaya Gammanpila.

පෝලිම් සංස්කෘතිය හරහා රටේ ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව බිඳ වැටී ඇති බව විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාස මහතා පවසනවා. ඔහු කියා සිටියේ භාණ්ඩ මිල වැඩි වීම හේතුවෙන් ජනතාව දැඩි දුෂ්කරතාවයකට පත්ව ඇති බවයි.

Leader of the Opposition and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Sajith Premadasa said yesterday the present Government is not sensitive to the pain and suffering of people.

The decision to remove State Minister Susil Premajayantha, wasn't a decision taken at yesterday's cabinet meeting or something that was discussed within the party beforehand, said Minister of Mass Media - Dullas Alahapperuma.

බැසිල් අගමැති කරන්න ප්‍රචාරක ව්‍යාපෘතියක්

Samagi Jana Balawebaya (SJP) Treasurer/MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday said as a responsible Opposition it was committed to democratic means of forming a Government and not to seize power via a coup like the current regime did temporarily in late 2018.

Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardena lost his cool today when journalists questioned him if the government could continue to function by sacking senior members such as State Minister Susil Premajayantha for speaking against the government's failures.

බන්ධනාගාරයෙන් රන්ජන්ට හිමි වූ අවසරය

While commenting on prevailing economic crisis and food scarcity were due to the ignorant decisions by the government, the Janatha Vikuthi Peramuna (JVP) said today the President should bear the entire responsibility for the food scarcity.

රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කෙරුණු සුසිල් ප්‍රේමයන්ත තමාව ධුරයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පළමු වරට මාධ්‍ය වෙත සිය අදහස් ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියා.

Uvindu Wijeweera, the son of JVP founder Rohana Wijeweera, said that bad people are dragging this country to ruin and that if bad people can unite, there should be a platform where good people who are not affiliated to one party can come together.

In the event that a case suggesting that the Oil Tank Farm in Trincomalee cannot be utilised by India without a lease agreement is on trial before the Supreme Court, Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila and the Government are attempting to legitimise a situation which, by definition, is illegitimate, alleged Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) Central Committee Member for MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, speaking to a press conference held yesterday (01).

අහිමිවුන අසුන

It’s time all political parties put in a joint effort to pull the country through the current economic crisis together with the Government, SJB MP Harin Fernando said over the weekend.

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says that Sri Lanka will have to face many problems in this year and that will determine the future of the country.