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The Acting IGP Chandana Wickramaratne has appointed two teams of investigators to look at whether there has been an inte...
Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) states that 45 incidents of post-election violence were reported during t...
Bodu Bala Sena Chief Galagodaththe Gnanasara Thero is taking the credit for the election of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
The CMEV states that 22 incidents of post-election violence have been recorded in the 72 hours since election night (16...
The EU election observers mission said that though the presidential election was largely peaceful, contestents had to co...
Asian Election observers faulted both private and State Media organisations for favouring their chosen candidates during...
President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the country's seventh Executive President today at the sacred Ruv...
UNP MP Harin Fernando has quit his Ministerial posts as well as all officwes he holds with the party after the rubbing t...
President Maithripala Sirisena made his final speech as head of state today, vowing to continue his service to the natio...
Police are investigating an incident where stones were thrown and shots fired at two buses carrying Muslim voters from P...
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The battle between the contestants is also a struggle to replace Sri Lanka's septuagenarian leadership with younger lead...
It has cost the authorities Rs. 60 million to date to remove posters, banners and cutouts promoting canddiates so far, t...
The National People’s Power (NPP) has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against a Sunday newspaper ...
All government schools across the island will be closed tomorrow (15) in view of the presidential election scheduled for...
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Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) said today (14) that it has recorded complaints of a number of incidents of ...
Presidential hopeful General Mahesh Senanayake has warned of a resurgence in anti-Muslim sentiment in the country in the...
Lawyers for TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran wrote to the Acting IGP today requesting an investigation into allegedly false repo...
Non-Cabinet Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe said today that a US court has referred to presidential hopeful GOtabaya Rajapa...
The SLPP expressed its confidence today that candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa will win the upcoming presidential election by...
Propaganda activities for the presidential election to be held on Saturday (16) will come to an end at 12.00 midnight to...
Radio, television and newspapers are charging premium rates of 150 to 300 per cent of standard prices from candidates in...
Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) yesterday (11) called on the Elections Commission (EC) to take appropriate a...
Religions for Responsible Governance, a multireligious body, urged the public today to act wisely and responsibly during...
Presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa should not accept an eleven-th hour endorsement by President Maithripala Sirisena,...
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