MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera today rejected the letter circulating on social media claiming that he had decided not to support SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa and said it was a bogus letter.

New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential Candidate Sajith Premadasa today said he will start work immediately if elected to office on November 16 and appoint a young team to run the country.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would implement all the policies laid down in his manifesto.

Strict legal action would be taken against those engage in election propaganda activities from tonight, the cooling period of the presidential election, police said today.

While saying that SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa would win the election by a majority of more than 10 per cent, SLPP National Organiser Basil Rajapaksa said the son of Ranasinghe Premadasa would garner the lowest percentage of votes o

Two civil society activists today filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the decision last month by the Court of Appeal to dismiss their writ application that sought to quash the dual citizenship certificate of Sri Lanka Podujana

A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court today fixed for support on January 31 for granting of leave to proceed with the three fundamental right petitions challenging the signing of agreements on the MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact), SO

Given Sri Lanka’s experience in the recent past in low and high-intensity conflicts with terrorist groups, only a few countries can qualitatively match the troops sent by Sri Lanka, Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha said.

There is no need for anyone to go out of the presidential race over citizenship issue as I am confident of winning the presidential election, New Democratic Front (NDF) candidate Sajith Premadasa said yesterday.

The curtain will drop at 12.00 midnight today on the hectic and closely fought 44-day propaganda campaign for Saturday‘s presidential election to elect the 7th executive president of Sri Lanka.

National Peoples’ Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday assured northern people that they would create a situation where Tamil people would be able to learn and deal with the government in their mother tongue.

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said yesterday that if President Maithripala Sirisena was keen to make a special statement before his term expires he should do so after 6.00 pm on November 16.

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday ruled out any plans to block social media websites during the last leg of the election period.

The politicians of the incumbent government who diluted the intelligence services should take the responsibility of the Easter Sunday attacks, SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa said yesterday.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the world-famous SriLankan airlines would be restructured and converted into a profitable venture.

Underscoring that presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa’s election manifesto is progressive on furthering democratic reforms including key Tamil considerations such as continuing with the constitutional reform process, the Global Tamil Forum (GTF

In reference to the Sinhala translation of the statement issued by the President’s Media Division about the presidential pardon for Royal Park murder convict, Most Rev. Dr. Raymond Wickramasinghe, the Bishop of Galle, said he had not made any reque

Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga said today that after being elected president, she had exchanged 42 letters on various matters of peace with the LTTE leader Prabhakaran and that she would make them public in the future.

Sajith New Democratic Front (NDF) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa said today he would further liberalise media freedom giving journalists an unrestricted access to criticise anyone whether it was fair or unfair.

The five-year ban imposed by the Indian Government on the LTTE has been confirmed by a tribunal set up by the Narendra Modi government to examine whether the prohibitions on the terror organisation should continue, India Today reported today.

JVP Propaganda Secretary Vijitha Herath said today the two main camps were creating a fear psychosis among the people to secure their votes and stressed the need to defeat both of these corrupt political camps.

A suspect who was arrested with 33.6 grams of heroin was shot dead today by police when he attempted to escape police custody, Police Spokesman SSP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

Former MP Milroy Fernando said yesterday the Election Commission (EC) Chairman had informed them that there were no documents submitted to the EC to verify whether SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa had relinquished his US citizenship.

Since Independence, the politicians who governed the country had led the country to distress and debt time and time again because they had not come up with a national policy to develop the country, Sri Lanka Labour Party Presidential Candidate A. S.

In the wake of people disputing the renunciation of citizenship by SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the US embassy said it would take several months for an individual’s name to appear in the Federal Register after he or she had renou

It is none of the business of the Election Commission to inquire about candidates’ citizenship and as such the EC had not asked them to furnish any documents pertaining to their citizenship, EC Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said.

President Maithripala Sirisena has withdrawn the Cabinet memo he submitted with Minister Vajira Abeywardena last week seeking approval to make permanent the personal staff of the President, Prime Minister, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, saying the m

Amid reports on abuse of social media platforms for electioneering, Facebook said yesterday it was committed to working with a variety of stakeholders from local organisations, academics and the government to maintain integrity of elections in Sri La

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya has informed us that SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not submitted any document regarding the renunciation of his US citizenship to the Commission, President’s Counsel Upul Jayasuri

The monthly fuel price revision would not come into effect this month due to no fluctuations in fuel prices in the world market, the Finance Ministry said