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30 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1177
President Mahinda Rajapaksa in an interview with Tamil Nadu TV station Thanthi TV said he would get more votes from Tamils in the North than the last time.
29 Dec 2014 - 0 - 832
Refuting allegations that Indian actor Salman Khan was paid to visit the country with a presidential election looming, Tharunyata Hetak Chairman and MP Namal Rajapaksa said no payments were made and that the actor was in the country in connection with his charities.
29 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1824
Presidential Election History
29 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1151
Some young artistes were attacked by political goons while they were conducting a campaign in support of presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena at Kumbukgate in Kurunegala.
29 Dec 2014 - 0 - 870
Maverick Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigama, remanded on charges of having abducted three suspects from police custody, was today produced before the Baddegama Magistrate Chandima Edirimanna and released on bail with two sureties of Rs.500,000 each.
29 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1050
Common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena’s election office at Mahiyanganaya has been attacked last night, the Police media unit said. They said the office was damaged and added that investigations were being carried out though there have been no arrests so far.
29 Dec 2014 - 0 - 871
Bollywood actor Salman Khan and former Miss Sri Lanka, Jacqueline Fernandez arrived in Sri Lanka early this morning and were widely speculated to participate in President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s election campaign.
28 Dec 2014 - 0 - 727
Elections commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said the decision to hold the presidential election on January 8 would not be changed because of the inclement weather condition experienced in the country. “No candidate, their representative or lawyers had complained or requested in this regard to the department,” he said.
28 Dec 2014 - 0 - 896
?Deputy Minister, Nishantha Muthuhettigama who left for Singapore, having an arrest warrant on him, had been arrested by a Special CID team upon his arrival at the Banadaranaike International Airport, Katunayake this morning, the Police said.
26 Dec 2014 - 0 - 974
Deputy Minister Faiszer Musthapha, ruling party heavyweight Monitoring MP Sajin Vaas Gunawardena, and Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthtuhettigama are currently in Singapore having left the country today.
26 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1243
?Common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena has demanded Rs. 2.5 billion from Health Minister and former UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake for presenting a forged document.
26 Dec 2014 - 0 - 973
The CID has recorded statements from Opposition Presidential Candidate Mathiripala Sirisena and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday, following a complaint made to the Inspector General of Police by Mr. Wickremesinghe.
26 Dec 2014 - 0 - 916
Democratic Party Gampaha District Provincial Councillor Rajitha Hapuarachchi joined the government during a news briefing held at the UPFA headquarters in Colombo.
26 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1072
Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigama who was issued with a warrant over the Wanduramba incident, has left for Singapore through the VIP entrance of the Bandaranaike International Airport yesterday midnight, sources said.
25 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1091
Minister Wimal Weerawansa today accused the media of being biased in their reports on the clash that erupted before the Sirikotha Wednesday morning when a protest was staged by a group named ‘The Federation of National Organizations’ that is said to be affiliated to his party – the National Freedom Front (NFF).
25 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1163
?Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Deputy leader and Central Provincial Council member M. Udayakumar pledged his support to the Common Opposition last morning.
24 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1575
In an apparent cross over attempt that went wrong, Savithra De Silva, a UPFA member of the Dehiwela- Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council, today appeared at a news briefing held at the common opposition’s candidate office in Colombo and said that he would not betray Mahinda Rajapaksa.
24 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1207
A tense situation prevailed in front of the UNP headquarters, Sirikotha in Kotte due to a clash between UNP supporters and members of the Federation of National Organizations who were protesting there.
23 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1230
Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary Champika Ranawaka said today the government had no right to talk about war crimes because the Maxwell Paranagama Commission had been empowered to probe war crimes following an announcement by Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga.
23 Dec 2014 - 0 - 968
United National Party (UNP) National Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe said he had complained to the Police Chief today with regard to a fraudulent document on which his signature and that of common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena had been forged.
23 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1038
President Mahinda Rajapaksa today said that he would bring in a new Constitution with the support of everyone.
23 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1123
The election manifesto of President Mahinda Rajapaksa titled ‘Mahinda Chinthana - Lowa Dinana Maga’ was launched at the BMICH in Colombo a short while ago.
22 Dec 2014 - 0 - 945
With the defection of Minister Rishard Bathiudeen and party colleague MP Ameer Ali, the government had lost its two-thirds majority in Parliament yesterday.
22 Dec 2014 - 0 - 886
UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera rejected MP Tissa Attanayaka’s allegation that there was a secret agreement between Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena and the UNP.
22 Dec 2014 - 0 - 913
Former JHU provincial councilor Udaya Gammanpila said he had formed a new political party called Pivithuru Hela Urumaya under the founding principles of the JHU.
22 Dec 2014 - 0 - 867
With a monthly income of Rs. 16,000 for airport, the Rajapaksa government will take 140,000 years to settle the Rs. 27 thousand million loan it has taken to build Mattala airport, Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary Patali Champika Ranawaka said today.
22 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1234
Kotikawatta-Mulleriyawa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Prasanna Solangaarachchi today challenged UPFA Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa to a debate on the activities of ‘Tharunyayata Hetak’ youth organization.
22 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1114
Incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be safe from international forces when he retires from politics soon, United National Party (UNP) Leadership Council Member Wijedasa Rajapakshe said yesterday.
21 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1027
The Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva said at a meeting held at the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Head Office in Kiribathgoda that he has decided to resign, temporarily, from the post of Organiser of the Kelaniya electorate at the behest of the President.
19 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1282
Common opposition candidate Maitripala Sirisena launched his manifesto titled, ‘A Maithri Administration and a Stable Country’at the Colombo Vihara Maha Devi Park a short while ago.
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