Many Rajapaksa loyalists face the axe

Western Province Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga, who has played a major role to nominate former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the UPFA Prime Ministerial candidate, would not get nominations to contest the general election from the Gampaha District, UPFA sources said.



We will defeat Mahinda – Ajith P. Perera

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ajith P. Perera says that the United National Party (UNP) will defeat former President Mahinda Rajapaksa once again at the general election: “We would like to explain reality to him.”






Conditional nominations for MR

President Maithripala Sirisena, after lengthy negotiations with different stakeholders of the UPFA, has agreed to offer conditional nominations for former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.




Sanath retires from politics

Cricketer turned politician Sanath Jayasuriya has decided to quit politics. It is learnt that he had informed President Maithripala Sirisena of his decision to resign from politics.