United National Party

Type: Organization

Name: United National Party

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Sri Lanka police probe German NGO Friedrich Naumann Foundation

* May 23, Colombo: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka police has commenced an investigation on the Friedrich Naumann Foundation to ascertain whether the German NGO has acted within the country beyond its given legal mandate.The CID ... [Published Colombo Page - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Sri Lanka, Police, United National Party

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Power devolution the best method to resolve ethnic issue in Sri Lanka- Kiriella

* May 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) parliamentarian Lakshman Kiriella says the party believes that the devolution of power would address the ethnic issue and it was the best method to solve the ethnic issue in the ... [Published Colombo Page - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Lakshman Kiriella, Sri Lanka, Elections

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

‘Tissa’s statement disloyal’- Minister Anura Yapa

(Colombo-Lankapuvath) The statement made by the General Secretary of the United National Party Tissa Aththanayake claiming that Sri Lanka purchases oil from an Iranian liner anchored in the sea is completely misleading and a false statement, said the ... [Published Lankapuvath - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, United National Party

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Sri Lanka main opposition to listen to people's views on devolution

* May 22, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) says the party is planning to obtain the peoples' views on amending the Constitution and would listen to people's views on devolution.UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake said ... [Published Colombo Page - May 22 2013]

Entities: Tissa Attanayake, Sri Lanka, United National Party, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

Sri Lanka state bus service earns Rs. 8 million more during strike

* May 22, Colombo: A senior official of Sri Lanka's state owned passenger transport arm, Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), has said that it earned Rs. 8 million more on Tuesday, the day a strike was launched to cripple the government services.The official ... [Published Colombo Page - May 22 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, United National Party, Trade Union

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

United National Party

CPC opposition walks out protesting against power tariff hike

KANDY: The opposition group of the Central Provincial Council, comprising the United National Party (UNP), staged a walk-out at the meeting of the Council as a mark of protest against the electricity tariff hike by the government.Deputy Chairman of the ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 21 2013]

Entities: protest, United National Party

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Maithripala Sirisena

Sri Lankan opposition partiesâ planned strike against govt suffers a major setback

Sri Lanka’s opposition parties’ plan for a one-day strike, to pressure the government to do away with the new electricity pricing formula, has suffered a major setback due to the Jathika Sevaka Sangamaya (JSS), affiliated to the United National Party ... [Published Asia News Network - May 20 2013]

Entities: Maithripala Sirisena, protest, Trade Union, Jayalath Jayawardena, Kotte (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka's main opposition turns down former LTTE spokesman's request to contest under UNP

* May 18, Colombo: Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the par ... [Published Colombo Page - May 18 2013]

Entities: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka, Mullaitivu (Sri Lanka), Sri Lanka Army

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Round up: Massive protests erupt in Sri Lanka's capital over electricity price hikes

by Uditha JayasinghA string of protests erupted in Sri Lanka's capital this week as opposition parties staged protests against a government decision to increase electricity prices by as much as 59 percent.Following massive losses by the state-owned Ceylon ... [Published Individual.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, protest, Trade Union, Tissa Attanayake

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Sri Lanka's main opposition seeks public opinion on draft constitution

* May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) will seek the opinions and views of the public on the draft constitution being prepared by the party.UNP parliamentarian Wijedasa Rajapakse said the draft constitution would be ... [Published Colombo Page - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, United National Party, Colombo (Sri Lanka)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Main opposition party calls on Sri Lankans to stand up for their rights and demand

* May 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has called on the public to take a stand to demand their rights.UNP Badulla District parliamentarian Harin Fernando says that people in the country should stand up for their rights ... [Published Colombo Page - May 17 2013]

Entities: United National Party, Colombo (Sri Lanka), cachexia

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

Millions attend May Day rallies in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Millions of Sri Lankans took to the streets in capital Colombo to celebrate May Day in style on Wednesday with President Mahinda Rajapaksa telling the nation that his policies have brought economic gains for the common peop ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 01 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Ranil Wickremesinghe, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

Quotes

"But yesterday attendance was 94 percent. If the opposition does this everyday more state workers will come to work."

Energy Strike May 23 Sri Lanka should have more strikes to boost attendance: minister [Published Lanka Business Online - 16 hours ago]

"These price increases are foisted on the people because of the massive mismanagement and corruption of government officials. Such practices are never curbed nor are ministers punished. Instead the cost of their excesses is passed onto the masses" United National Party MP Tissa Attanayake told parliament

Round up: Massive protests erupt in Sri Lanka's capital over electricity price hikes [Published Individual.com - May 18 2013]

""It is in fact a deep tragedy to see certain heads of the government living in luxury spending and wasting taxpayers' monies to fulfill their personal fantasies. Therefore what people should not endorse is the government that promotes this kind of aimless development," he said."

Main opposition party calls on Sri Lankans to stand up for their rights and demand [Published Colombo Page - May 17 2013]

...Mr. Salley was recently arrested by the CID on charges of "anti-government activities" under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and later released. "If the police had wished, the attack could have easily been prevented. Instead" he told The Hindu days before his detention, "they remained silent spectators"

In Sri Lanka, a new divide brings back old fears [Published The Hindu - May 16 2013]

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