Stock market collapse 'due to deals'

Stock market collapse 'due to deals'

UNP says Sri Lanka share market is being used for money laundering The main opposition in Sri Lanka has accused the government of making "secret deals" in the stock market forcing the market to collapse. The United National Party (UNP) said the employees' provident fund (EPF) lost nearly SLR 30 million ($270,000) as a result of such deals in the marker by the government. "A share that is even not worth SLR10 was sold for SLR100," UNP senior vice president Lakshman Kiriella, MP, told journalists in Colombo. Full Story>>> =============================================== Stop political inteference in police - Ranil Opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe Opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has called upon to stop political intefrence in the police force. He said that it is important to restore the police into a dignified force in Sri Lanka. He was addressing a gathering of newly elected councillors of the United National Party (UNP) to local government bodies.   Full Story>>>