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FSP says ‘Ranil-Rajapaksa junta’ depriving people of their economic and political rights
The Frontline Socialist Party says the ‘Ranil-Rajapaksa junta’ does not give economic rights to people nor their political rights including elections and they would neither be allowed to struggle for those rights.
Addressing an FSP election rally at Matugama, its Education Secretary Pubudu Jagoda said that people were left with no alternative but to unite with progressive forces to send the government home.
He said that his party condemned Sunday’s police attack on people staging a protest near the Lipton Circus demanding their right to vote and they condole with the family members and friends of Nimal Amarasiri, who succumbed to the injuries received during the protest.
Jagoda said that the government now had resorted to the means of violence against public voice uprisings. “A group of protesters were assaulted on Feb 4 at Maradana. The government is acting in an unjust and illegal ways to delay the people’s right to vote. When people come to the roads demanding their rights, the government uses armed policemen to assault them. These people are deprived of their democratic right while they were undergoing tremendous hardships because of the economic crisis. The UN says that 5.9 million people of this country are facing starvation. This government has taken away the economic rights of the people. It has taken their political rights by deferring the local council polls indefinitely. When people come out against this oppression and demand justice, the government uses the police to beat them.
“This brings us to the mind of an adage during the cold war. A dog in the eastern side of the Berlin wall tells another it has food but no right to bark while the other in the western side responds that it can bark as much as it likes but there is no food. A local dog would retort that it has neither food nor right to bark,” Jayagoda said.
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Heat index, is likely to increase up to ‘Caution level’ at some places in Northern, Eastern and North-central provinces and Monaragala and Hambantota districts
Warm Weather Advisory
Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre of the Department of Meteorology at 3.30 p.m. 29 April 2025, valid for 30 April 2025
The general public are warned that the Heat index, the temperature felt on human body is likely to increase up to ‘Caution level’ at some places in Northern, Eastern and North-central provinces and Monaragala and Hambantota districts
The Heat Index Forecast is calculated by using relative humidity and maximum temperature and this is the condition that is felt on your body. This is not the forecast of maximum temperature. It is generated by the Department of Meteorology for the next day period and prepared by using global numerical weather prediction model data.
Effect of the heat index on human body is mentioned in the above table and it is prepared on the advice of the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medical Services.
ACTION REQUIRED
Job sites: Stay hydrated and takes breaks in the shade as often as possible.
Indoors: Check up on the elderly and the sick.
Vehicles: Never leave children unattended.
Outdoors: Limit strenuous outdoor activities, find shade and stay hydrated.
Dress: Wear lightweight and white or light-colored clothing.
Note:
In addition, please refer to advisories issued by the Disaster Preparedness & Response Division, Ministry of Health in this regard as well. For further clarifications please contact 011-7446491.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a four-day state visit to Vietnam on 03 May, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa said. Since the presidential election, President Dissanayake has so far visited India, China and the UAE.
The 5th annual Sri Lanka-Pakistan Bilateral Defence Dialogue commenced on Monday (April 28) in Islamabad, Pakistan, marking a continued commitment to strengthening defence cooperation between the two nations.
The MoD statement: “The Sri Lankan delegation is led by Defence Secretary Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Sampath Thuyacontha accompanied by Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Kanchana Banagoda, and Additional Secretary (Defence) of the Ministry of Defence Jayantha Edirisinghe. The Pakistani delegation is headed by Lieutenant General (retd.) Muhammad Ali, Secretary Defence of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
In conjunction with the on-going defence dialogue, Defence Secretary Thuyacontha held a side-line meeting yesterday (April 29) with Defence Minister of Pakistan, Khawaja Muhammad Asif.
These high-level engagements aim to enhance bilateral cooperation, foster mutual understanding on regional security dynamics and explore opportunities for defence collaboration. Both nations share a longstanding relationship rooted in mutual respect and strategic cooperation. The dialogue reflects the growing importance of partnerships in maintaining stability and promoting peace in the South Asian region.
The three-day dialogue, which concludes today (April 30), is expected to reinforce bilateral defence ties and contribute to broader regional security objectives.
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