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The Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa issuing a Media Release said that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party suspended the memberships and all positions held by Parliamentarians Maithripala Sirisena, Rajitha Senaratne, Duminda Dissanayake, M.K.A.D.S. Gunawardena and Wasantha Senanayake in the Party with immediate effect. […]

Dealing a massive blow to the ruling UPFA alliance ahead of the presidential polls, Minister Maithripala Sirisena, who is the General Secretary of its main constituent party SLFP, today announced that he will contest the forthcoming Election as the Common Opposition Candidate. […]

In what appeared to be a major political strategy, the United National Party (UNP) today decided to support SLFP General Secretary and Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena as the common candidate for the upcoming presidential election. […]

General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena today said that after serving as the Minister of Health for a period of 5 years, he now looks forward to serving the country with greater commitment in the future. […]

Yesterday’s proclamation announcing a presidential election saw both the Joint Opposition Front(JOF) and government stating that they had engineered crossovers which would take effect in the coming days. […]

MP Athuraliye Rathana Thera seeks protection from Inspector General of Police; N.K. Illangakoon in written stating that he has security threats. […]

President Mahinda Rajapaksa signed a proclamation declaring his intention to hold a Presidential Election seeking another term, a little while ago. […]

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday termed the release of five fishermen on death row in Sri Lanka as ‘heart-warming’, adding that the action will help improve the ties between the two countries. […]

Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday said he is awaiting President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s proclamation to proceed with the preparatory work for the 2015 presidential poll. “I shall receive the President’s proclamation with instructions to conduct the Presidential Election 2015, either by midnight today or tomorrow (today 20),” Elections Commissioner Deshapriya said. […]

United Peoples’ Freedom Alliance (UPFA) Gampaha District MP Wasantha Senanayake is to make a special statement in Parliament tomorrow (20). […]

External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris yesterday said that the JHU’s actions wouldn’t hinder incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ongoing campaign, much less prevent his victory at the next presidential election. […]

Science and Technology Minister and JHU General Secretary Patali Champika Ranawaka today said he and Western Provincial Council Minister Udaya Gammanpila would resign from their ministerial positions and remain as JHU representatives and not as representatives of the UPFA. They would continue to function as an independent party not bound by the UPFA. […]

UNP Opposition Leader of the UVA Provincial Council Harin Fernando told the ruling UPFA administration last week that if the government failed to build 70 houses for the Koslanda landslide victims he would do so with his personal funds. […]

Police believe that the Colombo National Museum had been broken into once again on 16 November, the Police Media Unit said.The Cinnamon Gardens Police has received a complaint that the back door of the gallery, that displayed antique textiles and clay items, had been forced open on 16 November night. […]

Three persons including two MSD officers attached to the Uva Province Chief Minister’s security detail were killed and four others injured when their vehicle met with an accident in Buttala this morning,police said. […]