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  • 459 election violations - EC
    A total of 459 election violations have so far been received with regard to the upcoming Presidential Election. the Election Commission reported yesterday.According to a...
  • CWC, TMVP to support Gotabaya
    Two Tamil political parties recently pledged their support to the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa for the forthcoming...
  • NEC receives 46 complaints
    The National Elections Complaints Management Centre has received a total of 46 complaints in the past 24 hours (until 4.30 p.m. on October 8), the National Elections...
  • Ceremonial parade at Galle Face today
    The ceremonial parade to celebrate the Sri Lanka Army’s 70th anniversary and Army Day will be held today (10) at Galle Face Green from 9.00 a.m. onwards.Army Commander...
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  • Gota citizenship challengers to appeal CA verdict
    Despite receiving telephone calls threatening their lives, the petitioners who filed the recent court case challenging the citizenship of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate,...
  • Prez election nominations today
    The National Elections Commission (NEC) will commence registering nominated Presidential candidates from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. today. The NEC will accept any objections pertaining to the nominations from...
  • Rs. 500 Bn 5-year plan to build export-led economy
    The government has planned to allocate Rs. 500 billion in the next five years to promote an export-oriented digitised economy which would pave way towards a rapid development in the country, Prime...
  • Sajith pays candidate deposit
    The United National Front (UNF) yesterday made the cash deposit at the Election Secretariat on behalf of its Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa.UNP Deputy Leader and Housing & Construction...
  • Chamal places deposit to contest Prez poll
    UPFA Hambantota District Parliamentarian and former Speaker of Parliament Chamal Rajapaksa yesterday placed his deposit at the Elections Commission to contest the upcoming Presidential poll as an...
  • SL reaches 65th place in Social Progress Index
    Sri Lanka has moved up two notches and secured 65th place out of the 149 countries in the Social Progress Index (SPI), prepared by the Social Progress Imperative Organisation for 2019. The SPI has...
  • Wildlife Dept. probes 4 forest elephants’ mystery deaths
    Wildlife Conservation Department officials have launched probe into the mystery sudden deaths of four elephants at a forest reserve in Habarana.Four wild elephants were found mysteriously lying dead...
  • Abhiman Lanka Alliance’s Dr. Rohan Pallewatta at yesterday’s press briefing. Picture by Sulochana Gamage
    Dr. Rohan Pallewatta joins Presidential race
    Abhiman Lanka Alliance declared Dr. Rohan Pallewatta as their Presidential candidate for the Presidential Election 2020, at an event held at Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo yesterday (25).The Presidential...
  • BIA: Arrive three hours before departure time
    The Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has requested all passengers to reach the airport at least 3 hours before departure time of their flights, the Government Information Department yesterday...
  • Police at the ready to deal with any emergency
    The Sri Lanka Police has deployed 150 officers with special training on rescuing and disaster relief to Kalutara, Galle and Matara police divisions in view of the adverse weather reported in those...
  • Presidential Commission to probe Easter bomb attacks
    President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday (21) appointed a Presidential Commission of Inquiry to investigate into the suicide bomb attacks which took place on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019.The Gazette...
  • PM before Presidential Commission on Corruption on Sept. 16
    The date for Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe appearance before the Presidential Commission probing allegations of corruption against the present government has been rescheduled for September 16th...
  • SLRC take over within the law - SLFP Media Spokesman
    Sri Lanka Freedom Party Media Spokesman MP Weerakumara Dissanayake yesterday said that the President’s decision to take over the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) under his authority is in no...
  • ‘SLC officials unprepared for September 3 hearing’
    Former Sri Lanka Cricket Chairman, SLFP MP Thilanga Sumathipala says that he is willing to appear before Parliament’s Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) to give evidence pertaining to several...
  • President before PSC on Sept. 20
    The Parliament Select Committee investigating the Easter Sunday terror attacks is scheduled to meet President Maithripala Sirisena on September 20, 2019. President Sirisena gave the date in a letter...