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Numerous complaints on the misuse of state buildings and vehicles – TISL

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) said today (14) that it has recorded complaints of a number of incidents of ...

November 14, 2019 2 min read

Wave of Islamophobia likely after election - Mahesh

Presidential hopeful General Mahesh Senanayake has warned of a resurgence in anti-Muslim sentiment in the country in the...

November 14, 2019 1 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...

November 13, 2019 1 min read

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...

November 13, 2019 2 min read
Harin Fernando steps down from his posts

UNP MP Harin Fernando has quit his Ministerial posts as well as all officwes he holds with the party after the rubbing t...

President bids farewell in final address

President Maithripala Sirisena made his final speech as head of state today, vowing to continue his service to the natio...

Campaign spending by contestants can reach a whopping Ten Billion - CMEV

The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) said that according to their estimation the total spending by all can...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 5, 2019 3 min read

Secret pact with SLPP will be the death of SLFP - CBK

Former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga writing to President Maithripala Sirisena accused him of arbitrarily...

November 5, 2019 1 min read

Gota eliminating Z-score jeopardizes students future

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says Gotabaya Rajapaksa's proposal to eliminate the Z-score will jeopardize the futu...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 4, 2019 2 min read

Private universities will continue under strict regulation - AKD

Presidential hopeful Anura Kumara Dissanayake says, under his leadership, private universities will continue under stric...

Nisali De Silva & Himal Kotelawala
November 4, 2019 4 min read

Sajith or Gota; who's ahead in the race

In twelve days’ time, Sri Lankans will go to the polls to choose a new president in what increasingly looks like a ver...

Arjuna Ranawana
November 4, 2019 5 min read

Sajith's manifesto: JO sees treachery in problematic wording

JO MP Mahinda Samarasinghe claimed today that presidential hopeful Sajith Premadasa has not used the term ‘unitary sta...

November 4, 2019 2 min read

CaFFE urges presidential candidates to reveal their stance on PC polls

CaFFE yesterday (03) requested all presidential candidates to reveal their stance on holding provisional council electio...

November 4, 2019 1 min read

An uplifting policy statement

The hullabaloo over sanitary pads has served a salutary purpose. It has exposed our collective confusion over what is �...

Sarath de Alwis
November 4, 2019 9 min read

ITAK throws support behind Sajith

The biggest of the parties in the Tamil National Alliance, the Ilangai Tamil Arasu Katchi is supporting the candidacy of...

November 4, 2019 1 min read

CBK has no interest in protecting SLFP - Weerakumara

The SLFP distanced itself from former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's decision to support presidential ho...

November 1, 2019 1 min read
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Disenfranchised; voters complain they are off the list

Dozens of people in the Colombo District have been taking to Social Media to complain that although they sent their form...

November 1, 2019 2 min read

Chandrika joins alliance backing Sajith

A number of political parties and civil society organizations today (01) signed a MoU to back Sajith Premadasa.

Nisali De Silva
November 1, 2019 2 min read

MCC agreement making headlines again

The controversial MCC compact is in the news again, with both Government and Opposition MPs reacting to reports that its...

Imesh Ranasinghe
November 1, 2019 3 min read

UNP complains to EC about Sajith’s helicopter incident

United National Party (UNP) has complained to the Elections Commission about the incident when power was shut off at the...

October 31, 2019 1 min read

Seventeen parties join SLPP - led alliance

Seventeen political parties have come together to form a broad alliance anchored by the Sri Lanka Podujana Party to work...

October 31, 2019 1 min read

Tensions high at Election Commission over difference of opinion

A tense moment arose at an Election Commission press briefing today as the Election Commissioner publicly disagreed with...

Himal Kotelawala
October 31, 2019 3 min read

Rulers will become servants; Sajith at launch of manifesto

Sajith Premadasa is promising to transform Sri Lanka into a country where the rulers will be public servants working to ...

October 31, 2019 2 min read

Chandrika joins Sajith

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga will join Sajith Premadasa’s campaign for the Presidency tomorrow,...

October 31, 2019 1 min read

Ranil's statement will ensure Gota's win – SLPP

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's assertion that he will remain in office after Sajith Premadasa becomes President h...

October 31, 2019 2 min read

Not bound to honour any agreements signed before 16 Nov-Sajith

NDF Presidential Candidate Sajith Premadasa is saying that he is not bound to honour any agreements that were signed by ...

October 31, 2019 2 min read