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18 Dec 2014 - 0 - 885
Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigama today denied allegations that he was behind Wednesday morning’s attack on the stage set up for common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena’s rally at Wanduramba, Galle and challenged Dr. Rajitha Senaratne to show the video of the attack if he had one.“I had nothing to do with the incident and I was in Colombo when it happened. The attack had been carried out by several UNP members
18 Dec 2014 - 0 - 990
Common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena will be sworn in immediately if he is elected the President of this country, the common opposition said today.
18 Dec 2014 - 0 - 4623
Former Parliamentarian and the opposition leader of the Uva Provincial Council, Harin Fernando says he too was offered an attractive sum to join the government. Casting off the rumours of a crossover, he stated he would stick with the United National Party (UNP) and will work towards the victory of the common candidate.
18 Dec 2014 - 0 - 4782
Former Minister of Agriculture, Agrarian Development, Minor Irrigation Industries, Environment, Culture and Art Affairs in the Western Provincial Council and leading member of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) recently left his party to pledge his support to President Mahinda Rajapaksa. In an interview with the he said one corrupt government should not be replaced with a worse one and his sole objective was to ensure the victory of the President.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1009
The Police Department today said that 30 individuals including four Pradeshiya Saba (PS) Chairmen were arrested for violating election law violations.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1167
The Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today alleged that Western provincial councilor Udaya Gammanpila and some ministers were forcing the party’s local government members to defect from the JHU and join hands with the president.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 885
The newly appointed Health Minister Tissa Attanayake said that common opposition’s presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena had a secret agenda to appoint former President Chandrika Kumaratunga as the Prime Minister in a government formed by Mr. Sirisena.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 865
Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya said today he and his officials would resign from their posts sans pension if it was proven that any malpractice or rigging had taken place at this presidential election.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 991
Western Provincial Councilor Udaya Gammanpila who crossed over to the government recently said seventeen out of the 29 Jathika Hela Urumaya Pradeshiya Sabha monks today joined the government to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa and vowed to form their own party
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 863
The National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader and Minister Wimal Weerawansa today accused the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) General Secretary and former Minister Champika Ranawaka of publishing fake statistics to change peoples’ opinion on the economy.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 835
President Mahinda Rajapaksa today instructed the Police Chief N.K Illangkoon to carry out an investigation into the sabotage of opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena’s public rally at Wanduramba in Galle this morning.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 665
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga today staked a bigger claim for the war victory by reiterating that 75 per cent of the LTTE-held territory was cleared during her tenure.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1048
United National Party (UNP) today charged that corrupt investors backed by the present United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Government have already obtained permanent residency in Saint Kitts and Nevis islands in the Caribbean Sea to avoid being penalized under a National Unity Government.
17 Dec 2014 - 0 - 752
The stage and decorations for a rally for the Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena at Wanduramba in Galle was sabotaged this morning by an unidentified gang.
16 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1008
Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva today claimed that several common opposition members including presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena had secretly met representatives of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) in Singapore.
16 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1062
Opposition United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremsinghe said today the new government, which would be formed by the joint opposition after the current regime was defeated at the January 8 elections, would scrap the Colombo Port City Project.
15 Dec 2014 - 0 - 794
Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya has ordered officials of the Ratnapura Bus Depot to produce the cash receipts issued for the release of 25 buses to transport people to a political rally in Panadura today.
15 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1103
Common opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena said he would not allow those who faced allegations of corruption to leave the country, if he were elected to office in January.
15 Dec 2014 - 0 - 653
UNP Uva Provincial Councilor Janaka Tissa Kuttiarachchi has decided to support President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the upcoming presidential election.
14 Dec 2014 - 0 - 628
President Mahinda Rajapaske said he would not allow anyone to lead the people astray and to revert the country to the bullock–cart era.
14 Dec 2014 - 0 - 947
There was a sinister move by some local and international forces to change the mindset of the Tamil community in order to get them boycott the January Presidential election, Former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka charged today.
12 Dec 2014 - 0 - 743
Former Eastern Provincial Councillor Ameer Ali of the All Ceylon Muslim Congress (ACMC) was sworn in as a United Peoples Freedom Alliance national list MP a short while ago.
12 Dec 2014 - 0 - 809
Jathika Hela Urumaya said today its former Deputy General Secretary Udaya Gammanpila who joined the government had fully endorsed the MoU signed with common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena and the party was surprised at his sudden crossover.
11 Dec 2014 - 0 - 942
Common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena pledged yesterday to end the system whereby verdicts given by courts could be changed with one telephone call.
11 Dec 2014 - 0 - 792
Former test cricketer and active UNP member, Hashan Tilakaratne pledged his support to President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the forthcoming presidential election.
11 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1058
Addressing his maiden propaganda rally in Anuradhapura, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today that he needed only a cup of coffee to lure Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to the UPFA.
11 Dec 2014 - 0 - 895
State sponsored goons had been unleashed on him and his that his life was at risk, Prasanna Solangarachchi, who teamed up with common opposition candidate Maitripala Sirisena, said at a hurriedly arranged media briefing today.
11 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1086
The common opposition today announced its decision to open a ‘Big Black book’ where the names of all government officers who are involved in election campaign would be written while all these names and their details would be handed over to foreign missions in Sri Lanka.
11 Dec 2014 - 0 - 997
JHU General Secretary and ex-Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka commenting on the decision of party strongman Udaya Gammanpila to support government said ‘He is a clever politician. I wish him all the best. Let people decide what kind of a political leadership this country needs now’.
11 Dec 2014 - 0 - 1034
JHU strongman and ex-Minister of the Western Provincial Council Udaya Gammanpila sat at the government (UPFA) press conference that is being held at the SLFP headquarters now.
14 May 2024