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Gota will not release convicted soldiers – SLPP

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today (07) said that Gotabaya Rajapaksa did not pledge to release all the soldie...

November 7, 2019 2 min read

Regional Journalists should not be obstructed - FMM

Provincial Correspondents should be allowed to freely report the Presidential Elections without obstruction, the Free Me...

November 7, 2019 2 min read

TNA states reasons for supporting Sajith

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) is saying that it has decided to support New Democratic Front presidential candidate S...

November 7, 2019 2 min read

If Gota wins the US will have two First Ladies - Mangala

Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera said that the in the unlikely event of Gotabaya Rajapaksa winning the presidenti...

November 7, 2019 3 min read
False news reports: Sumanthiran wants criminal investigation under ICCPR

Lawyers for TNA MP M. A. Sumanthiran wrote to the Acting IGP today requesting an investigation into allegedly false repo...

US court refers to Gota as dual citizen - Sujeewa

Non-Cabinet Minister Sujeewa Senasinghe said today that a US court has referred to presidential hopeful GOtabaya Rajapa...

Deshapriya receives a "clarification" from Shavendra

Chief Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya today (18) confirmed that he has received a letter of clarification from...

October 18, 2019 2 min read

Rajapakshe backs Rajapaksa

UNF MP Wijayadasa Rajapakshe declared his support for Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya...

October 18, 2019 1 min read

Parties with vested interests spreading bomb rumours - CaFFE

Certain parties are trying to gain the upper hand in the upcoming election by spreading rumours about incidents relating...

October 18, 2019 1 min read

Gotabaya's VAT reduction will be disastrous - Mangala

Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera said that if Gotabaya Rajapaksa's tax reforms are implemented the country will f...

October 18, 2019 2 min read

Special security for four presidential candidates

Measures have been taken to provide special security for four main presidential candidates who are running in the upcomi...

October 17, 2019 1 min read

Women seek a quarter of Cabinet posts

The Women and Media Collective, a group of women’s rights activists presented a manifesto to candidates at the upcomin...

October 17, 2019 2 min read

Pallewatte in talks with AKD

Businessman turned Presidential Candidate Rohan Pallewatte is in discussions with the National People’s Movement led b...

October 17, 2019 1 min read

If Sajith wishes to win

Presidential elections are about the candidate. The party is incidental to the process. That explains the curious, yet, ...

Sarath de Alwis
October 17, 2019 5 min read

Elections Commission warns Media about bias

The Elections Commission is exasperated by the behaviour of the Media during this Presidential election campaign, but pr...

October 17, 2019 2 min read

Storm over Army Chief appearing in Gota advertisement

A potential political firestorm is brewing over the current Army Commander Lt Gen Shavendra Silva appearing in an advert...

Arjuna Ranawana
October 16, 2019 2 min read
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SLPP faults State media for 'distorting' Gota’s statement

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) today (16) accused the state media of distorting Gotabaya Rajapaksa's statements.

October 16, 2019 2 min read

Gota and Mahinda betrayed soldiers on war crime by denying leading the war-Harshana

UNP Parliamentarian Harshana Rajakaruna says although the Rajapaksa brothers Gotabaya and Mahinda are ready to take the ...

October 16, 2019 1 min read

Presidential poll results will be delayed - Deshapriya

The cumbersome task of counting outsized ballots will delay the final announcement of the results of the forthcoming Pre...

October 16, 2019 2 min read

PAFFREL to monitor social media for election violations

Executive Director of People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL) Rohana Hettiarachchi said that they have se...

October 16, 2019 1 min read

Gota meets the press; high in confidence, short on candour

In his first-ever press conference, amid increasingly embarrassing allegations of evading the media, presidential hopefu...

Himal Kotelawala
October 15, 2019 10 min read

Dismissal of Petition no bar on Police probe into Gotabaya's citizenship

The dismissal of the Petition challenging the citizenship status of Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa does not b...

October 15, 2019 2 min read

Politicians remain cynical about killing the messenger

Gotabaya Rajapaksa at his first Press Conference as a Presidential Candidate was asked whether the White Van culture tha...

Arjuna Ranawana
October 15, 2019 3 min read

SLFP breakaway group sponsored by UNP -Dayasiri

The General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Dayasiri Jayasekara said the so-called Organisation to prote...

October 15, 2019 2 min read

Candidate Monk complains to CaFFE over fake FB post

Presidential Candidate Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero has informed the Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) yest...

October 15, 2019 1 min read

Sajith promises meritocratic governance at AmCham forum

Presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa called for a rational, meritocratic approach to governance, addressing an AmCham-o...

Yakuta Dawood
October 14, 2019 4 min read