Parliamentarian Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka says all steps will be taken to ensure national security within the country.

The presidential front-runner of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa says it is only his government that is capable of guaranteeing the security of the country.

The New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa has said that the law provides for the President to appoint the person who commands the confidence of Parliament as the Prime Minister.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of US$164 million for Sri Lanka.

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that he believes the people want to change the political culture of this country.

People should defeat the two main political camps that have been deceiving them for a long time, National People’s Power Presidential candidate and JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said yesterday.

A Fundamental Rights (FR) petition has been filed in the Supreme Court yesterday against the signing of $480 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant agreement.

The New Democratic Front (DNF), led by the UNP and the Organisation to Protect the SLFP, led by former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, joined 30 political parties and over 28 civil society organisations to form the Democratic National Front (DNF) coalition, in a bid to ensure the victory of the DNF Presidential candidate, Minister Sajith Premadasa.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will challenge Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa who speaks about national security to make a public statement explaining their stand on the recent bombs attacks made by the ISIS outfit.

Leader of Opposition Mahinda Rajapaksa has stressed that the government should not sign the pact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the USA behind the backs of the general public and the Parliament.

The Finance Ministry says the MCC agreement will be presented to Parliament for approval after being inked.

Sri Lanka’s governing party presidential candidate on Thursday pledged to refocus the country’s security policy and introduce tough laws to tackle religious extremism and terrorism.

New Democratic Front Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa launched his election manifesto in Kandy a short while ago.

Postal voting for the Presidential Election 2019 commenced this morning (31) and the voters are allowed to cast their postal votes from 7.00 am to 4.00 pm.

Seventeen political parties including the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) signed an agreement to form Sri Lanka People’s Freedom Alliance (SLPFA) or Sri Lanka Podujana Nidahas Sandhanaya at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute a short while ago.

The student-centric education system will be reintroduced instead of the current examination-centric system, says Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa.