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Minister of Foreign Relations, Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations Dinesh Gunawardena says a new programme will be introduced in the near future to create an environment in schools that mould students for a skill-based workforce.

The United National Party (UNP), which once again has become the main Opposition Party, is to hold a special meeting within the next few days to iron out several critical issues, including that of the Party leadership, internal Party sources said.

The Indian government expects Sri Lanka’s new government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to take forward the process of national reconciliation in order to meet the aspirations of the Tamil minority for “equality, justice, peace and dignity”.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued a Gazette Extraordinary calling upon the armed forces to maintain public order across the country with effect from yesterday (22).

Two persons have been arrested while transporting 200kg and 165g of Kerala Cannabis in a cab, says the Police Spokesperson SSP Ruwan Gunasekara.

UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, MP, yesterday strongly denied accusations that Sirikotha had sabotaged New Democratic Front (NDF) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa’s polls campaign.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said that the people have recently voiced their objection to the existing political culture in the country and that this government has to move away from that culture and create a new era.

The overseas travel ban which was imposed on former President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunga was temporarily lifted today till March 13, 2020 by Court of Appeal.

The new Cabinet of Ministers were sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa a short while ago.

The Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party has decided to expel United People’s Freedom Alliance Parliamentarian A.H.M Fowzie from party membership.

Fifteen Cabinet ministers to be sworn in this morning to serve in the government for an interim period till the general election is conducted, following the dissolution of parliament after March 1 next year.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday requested Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith to nominate one or two members of the Presidential Commission to be appointed to probe the Easter Sunday attacks.

A majority of UNP MPs have signed a letter that requests the Speaker of Parliament to appoint Sajith Premadasa as the Leader of the Opposition.

General Secretary of the United National Party Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has requested Speaker of House Karu Jayasuriya to appoint leader of the UNP Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Leader of the Opposition.

Opposition Leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as the Prime Minister at Presidential Secretariat a short while ago.

Permanent High Court at Bar today (21) acquitted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the D.A. Rajapaksa Museum case.