Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in conversation with Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapakse at a religious ceremony held at the Mahiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya yesterday. Picture by Saman Mendis

Constitutional Amendment for consensual politics

by D. Oliver Silva, Sarath Samaranayake and Kandy Group Correspondent

The Maha Nayake Thera of the Malwatte Chapter of the Siyam Nikaya, the Most Ven. Rambukwelle Sri Vipassi Thera gave his blessings to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's bid to replace the decades old confrontational politics with a new political culture based on consensus.
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Easy access to Nagadeepa with opening of A9 - PM

All Sri Lankans will be able to visit the hallowed Buddhist shrine at Nagadeepa without any difficulty after the complete opening of the Kandy-Jaffna A9 highway, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday.
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Private sector lauds Govt for deregulation

by Ravi Ladduwahetty

Veteran business leaders and frontline private sector personalities, in individual interviews with the Daily News yesterday, lauded the Government for deregulating the economy though its maiden budget which was presented in Parliament last Friday and commended the Government for making the best of a perilous situation.
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