The dealers say that they were informed by Prima Ceylon Company to increase the price of a kilogram of wheat flour by 8 rupees and 50 cents effective last midnight.
The first result of the ‘Presidential Election 2019’ can be expected by midnight on Saturday, Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya disclosed on Wednesday.
Armed men stabbed and injured a writer in Sri Lanka on Thursday, a week after he published a book criticising the main opposition candidate at Saturday’s presidential polls, police said.
Sri Lanka Police will deploy 60,175 police officers and Civil Defense Force will deploy 8080 security officers to ensure security for the presidential elections on Saturday, 16th November.
Slain journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge’s daughter, Ahimsa and her legal team filed a notice of appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday
Commissioner General of Prisons Bandula Jayasinghe says President Maithripala Sirisena has approved the release of 267 inmates on Presidential Pardon, after the 2019 Presidential Election.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s presidential contender Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who remained confident of his election victory, has urged the supporters to be respectful when celebrating the victory once the results are officially declared.
New Democratic Front Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa yesterday vowed that the Kumbukkan Oya project would be expedited to strengthen the economy of the country’s farmers.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa Campaign leader Basil Rajapaksa yesterday told the final media briefing at Kingsbury, Colombo, that there was absolutely no issue as regards SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka citizenship.
As candidates made their final pitch, some of their supporters unleashed unambiguously racist posts and fake news-based attacks online – mostly on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter.
Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Saturday is turning out to be a showdown between a man offering free sanitary pads and a former soldier dubbed the “Terminator” by his own family.
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.
NDF Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa yesterday (12) condemned outgoing President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to pardon convicted killer Shramantha Jayamaha who was on death row.
One brother is considered a shoo-in for the job of Sri Lanka’s president in elections this weekend and another is eyeing the prime minister’s post when that election becomes due early next year.
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said he would attract additional revenue to the country by training 300,000 youth who had passed the GCE O/L and A/L examination, in IT.
Sri Lanka goes to the polls on Saturday at a time when the economy is growing at its slowest in 18 years, and the tourism industry is still reeling from militant bomb attacks in April.
