UPFA Kurunegala District Candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking in Hambantota on Friday, stated: Yesterday I received a love letter from the president and I read it in this morning and there were a number of recommendations including the ones that are mentioned frequently and in his letter he proposes that if we gain over 113 seats, he would wish me. He added: I looked at it in a positive manner … [Read more...]

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The Election Secretariat states that 170 foreign polls observers to monitor the 2015 General Election have arrived in the country. The Secretariat said that 80 election observers from the European Union, 29 election observers from the South Asian Election Monitoring Forum, three election observers from the Asian Election Monitoring Forum and 15 observers from the Commonwealth Association have … [Read more...]

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මෙරට ජාතික ගැටලූව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ඉන්දු ලංකා ගිවිසුම හා ඔස්ලෝ සම්මුතිය සූදානම් කරගත් දේශපාලන විසදුමක් අවශ්‍ය බව මෙර ටමහ මැතිවරණයට තරග කරන හිටපු එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. සාමාජිකයන්ගෙන් සැදුම්ලත් ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදී විමුක්තිකයන්ගේ පක්ෂ මැතිවරණ ප‍්‍රකාශයේ දැක්වෙයි. ආයුධ අතහැර ප‍්‍රජාතන්ත‍්‍රවාදී ප‍්‍රවාහයට එළැඹෙන බව 1987 වසරේ අගෝස්තු මස 04 වැනිදා දිනක එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ සංවිධානයේ හිටපු නායක වේලූපිල්ලේ ප‍්‍රභාකරන් … [Read more...]

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Another chance for postal voters Elections Secretariat has decided to allocate another date for public servants to cast their postal voting on 11 August. Election Commissioner’s Office said the decision was taken to pave way for those who could not vote on 8 August it being a weekend. An official said since there was comparatively low turnout in postal voting, this additional date was … [Read more...]

A stock of Kerala ganja worth 20 Million Rupees brought in to the country via sea routes were seized from Welwetithurai in Jaffna. The stock had been seized following a tip off received that the Kerala Ganja had been stocked at an abandoned house in Welwetithurai. … [Read more...]

The United People’s Freedom Alliance convened a media briefing on Saturday August 8. Speaking at the briefing  member of UPFA Dilan Perera expressed the following views: ”There is an issue over the manner in which the suspect was arrested. He was arrested in a white van, the same culture that they opposed to. If the CID has to come opposite the courts and forcefully take him into a van, the … [Read more...]

Former Member of Parliament Duminda Silva addressing media personnel opposite the High Court yesterday said "I was the one who was shot at and hit first. This is true. I believe that the truth will be revealed during the case." The former parliamentarian made this comment while he was leaving the High Court in Colombo with his supporters after hearings in connection with the Bharatha Lakshman … [Read more...]