Eastern Provincial Council Polls:

East would be united under one banner - UPFA Ampara District leader

With only seven days remaining for the PC polls in the East, the UPFA district leader for Ampara, Shantha Premarathne said yesterday that there won't be any Muslim, Tamil or Sinhala areas in the East in the future and the whole province would be united under one banner.

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Ranil's anti-media statements condemned

Cabinet Spokesman Media and Information Anura Priyadarshana Yapa strongly condemned the recent criticism made by Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe about the media and said as politicians they had no right to issue such statements about the media.

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East liberated, ensure poll win for country's unity - President

A grateful people in the East are certain to endorse the Government's accomplishments and offer it further strength by electing the UPFA to power at the forthcoming Provincial Council elections said President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the UPFA May Day Rally held at Dehiattakandiya on Thursday.

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