Report in The Daily Star, Oct 31, 2023Two officials of Royal Canadian Mounted Police yesterday narrated before a Dhaka court how some people, including a former Bangladeshi minister received bribes from Niko, a Canadian Oil and Gas Exploration Company, to award a gas exploration and extraction deal to the company. The witnesses were earlier summoned, asking them to appear before it yesterday in connection with the Niko graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia…
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by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Morning, June 1, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe suggested that it is appropriate for the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the United National Party (UNP) to implement their political programmes separately but in a mutually non-harmful manner, and the two parties need to consult the Party leadership and its membership prior to responding to issues of similar nature, The Daily Morning learnt. The President had suggested this during the meeting…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, Apr 19, 2023The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), sitting in the Parliamentary Opposition at present, has decided to vote against the proposed new Anti-Terrorism Bill when it is tabled in Parliament for debate, The Daily Morning learned. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (18), SLFP Senior Vice President, Prof. Rohana Luxman Piyadasa said that the SLFP Parliamentarians have taken a unanimous decision to vote against the said Bill. “The…