{"id":45526,"date":"2015-07-11T00:15:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-11T07:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=45526"},"modified":"2015-07-11T00:15:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-11T07:15:46","slug":"%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%af-%e0%b6%86%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b4%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ae-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/07\/11\/%e0%b6%b8%e0%b7%84%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%af-%e0%b6%86%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b4%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%ae-%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b1\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0db8\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0daf \u0d86\u0dc0\u0dcf.. \u0d85\u0db4\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dae \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dd1.. \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0db6\u0dd1 \u0dba\u0dc4\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0db1\u0dba \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0d91\u0da2\u0dcf\u0db4\u0dba\u0da7 \u0d85\u0db4\u0dd2 \u0dba\u0db1\u0dc0\u0dcf..UNP forms new alliance to contest against UPFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"description\">\n<p>\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0db4\u0dd4 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dba\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0db1\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0dba\u0ddd\u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf \u0dbd\u0db6\u0dcf \u0daf\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dcf \u0dad\u0db8\u0db1\u0dca \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc5\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dab\u0dca\u0da9\u0dcf\u0dba\u0db8 \u0d85\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dae \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0da9\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dad\u0dca \u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2 \u0dad\u0db1\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dda\u0dbd\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca\u0daf \u0db1\u0dd0\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dcf \u0d91\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dad\u0dca \u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dc2\u0dba \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0d91\u0d9a\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0d87\u0db8\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dbb\u0dcf\u0da2\u0dd2\u0dad \u0dc3\u0dda\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dad\u0dca\u0db1 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd2.<\/p>\n<p>\u0d94\u0dc4\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0db6\u0dd1 \u0dba\u0dc4\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0db1\u0dba \u0d87\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dda \u0d91\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dad\u0dca \u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dc3\u0dba \u0dc3\u0db8\u0d9f \u0db6\u0dc0\u0dba\u0dd2.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/51DSsxf9cGMN\" width=\"200\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p>Several prominent figures of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) who had not signed UPFA nominations, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) which was recently rebranded as the United National Front for Good Governance as well as certain left-leaning parties are set to join under the elephant\u201d symbol of the United National Party (UNP).<\/p>\n<p>The decision is to be officially announced tomorrow (July 11) while the UNP expects to approve the proposal at the party\u2019s special convention to be held in Colombo, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Rajitha Senaratne, Hirunika Premachandra, Arjuna Ranatunga, Sudarshani Fernandopulle, Hemal Gunasekera, Neomal Perera, M.K.D.S. Gunawardana, Wijaya Dahanayake, Earl Gunasekara, Sarath Amunugama and Duminda Dissanayake have reportedly not signed UPFA nominations \u00a0as of yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0db4\u0dd4 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0db0\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dba\u0dbb\u0da7 \u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca\u0db0\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0db1\u0dcf\u0db8 \u0dba\u0ddd\u0da2\u0db1\u0dcf \u0dbd\u0db6\u0dcf \u0daf\u0dd3\u0db8 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dcf \u0dad\u0db8\u0db1\u0dca \u0d87\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dc5\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dab\u0dca\u0da9\u0dcf\u0dba\u0db8 \u0d85\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dae \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0da9\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dad\u0dca \u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2 \u0dad\u0db1\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dda\u0dbd\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dca\u0daf \u0db1\u0dd0\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dcf \u0d91\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dad\u0dca \u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dc2\u0dba \u0dc4\u0dcf \u0d91\u0d9a\u0dad\u0dd4 \u0dc0\u0db1 \u0db6\u0dc0 \u0d87\u0db8\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dbb\u0dcf\u0da2\u0dd2\u0dad \u0dc3\u0dda\u0db1\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dad\u0dca\u0db1 \u0db8\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dcf \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dba\u0dd2. \u0d94\u0dc4\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0db6\u0dd1 \u0dba\u0dc4\u0db4\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0db1\u0dba \u0d87\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad\u0dda \u0d91\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dad\u0dca \u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0db4\u0d9a\u0dca\u200d\u0dc3\u0dba \u0dc3\u0db8\u0d9f \u0db6\u0dc0\u0dba\u0dd2. Several prominent figures of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) who had not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}