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Gota will win by 10 per cent margin – Basil

The SLPP expressed its confidence today that candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa will win the upcoming presidential election by...

November 13, 2019 1 min read

Campaigning to end midnight today; final rallies of main candidates in Colombo suburbs

Propaganda activities for the presidential election to be held on Saturday (16) will come to an end at 12.00 midnight to...

November 13, 2019 2 min read

Presidential candidates charged premiums for advertising

Radio, television and newspapers are charging premium rates of 150 to 300 per cent of standard prices from candidates in...

November 13, 2019 2 min read

TISL wants action against politicos using SLAF helicopters

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) yesterday (11) called on the Elections Commission (EC) to take appropriate a...

November 12, 2019 2 min read
Shots fired at buses carrying Muslim voters

Police are investigating an incident where stones were thrown and shots fired at two buses carrying Muslim voters from P...

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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
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Local Councilors warned against using state property for electioneering

The National Elections Commission is warning Local Government officials and Councilors that using official vehicles for ...

October 31, 2019 1 min read

Ranil says he will be PM in the next government.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today (30) said that he will continue to be the Prime Minister of the new governmen...

October 30, 2019 2 min read

AKD in Kattankudy promises culture of unity and brotherhood

Presidential hopeful Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday promised a culture of mutual respect and understanding between a...

October 30, 2019 3 min read

"Jumping Vasantha" may lose his seat

Polonnaruwa MP Vasantha Senanayake has been expelled from the United National Party for expressly criticizing party Pres...

October 30, 2019 1 min read

Rajapaksas intend to stay in power forever – Ajith P. Perera

Minister Ajith P Perera said the SLPP plans to stay in power forever by purging their opponents after somehow winning th...

October 29, 2019 1 min read

Vote for Sajith to continue mega projects -PM

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that all mega projects which were launched by the current government would proc...

October 29, 2019 2 min read

EC instructs police to remove vehicle stickers promoting candidates

The Election Commission has instructed the police to remove any stickers or other material displayed on vehicles promoti...

October 29, 2019 1 min read

"We are the people who ended the war" - Gota

The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa held a rally in Jaffna today telling the North...

October 28, 2019 2 min read

Deshapriya calls for explanation from Hiru over Fowzie story

The Elections Commission is asking Hiru TV to explain themselves over willfully misinterpreting A H M Fowzie's remarks

October 28, 2019 2 min read

Ali Sabry in hot water after controversial remark

A viral video clip, purportedly of President’s Counsel Mohamad Ali Sabry making a controversial remark regarding the M...

Nisali De Silva
October 28, 2019 2 min read