Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today revealed that Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Shammi Silva had sent a letter to the International Cricket Council (ICC) alleging that the Sports Ministry had made undue interferences in its activities and claimed that this had paved the way for the ICC ban on Sri Lanka Cricket. The Opposition Leader told Parliament that the communique which contained five serious allegations with an additional point had been sent to ICC Chairman…
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By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Sept 23, 2023Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that irrefutable evidence had emerged, linking the Zahran group, which carried out the Easter Sunday terror attacks, to the Army intelligence. Participating in the debate on the Channel 4 exposure on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Premadasa said that there were instances that pointed to links between the Army intelligence and the Zahran group. Firstly, there was an…
By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Sept 23, 2023Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that irrefutable evidence had emerged, linking the Zahran group, which carried out the Easter Sunday terror attacks, to the Army intelligence. Participating in the debate on the Channel 4 exposure on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Premadasa said that there were instances that pointed to links between the Army intelligence and the Zahran group. Firstly, there was an…
report in Daily FT, Apr 28, 2023The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has refuted media reports which claimed the party has joined a new alliance formed by the main Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) led by Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa. Issuing a statement yesterday, the SLFP admitted it attended a meeting between the SJB, other parties and groups in the Opposition on 24 April but said at no time did it agree to join…