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Aug 14 2019 August 14, 2019 April 6, 2026 1Comment 7:46 am
Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sajith faction cranks up pressure on PM

August 14, 2019 - 7:46 am

Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to select Minister Sajith Premadasa as the UNP presidential candidate.

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Aug 13 2019 August 13, 2019 April 6, 2026 NoComment 8:14 pm
Fuel pumping

Fuel price hike from midnight today

August 13, 2019 - 8:14 pm

The government has decided to revise the price of fuel according to the fuel price formula. The new fuel prices will be in effect from midnight today (13).

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Aug 13 2019 August 13, 2019 April 6, 2026 1Comment 12:17 pm
Fuel price formula in Sri Lanka

Fuel Price Revision committee meets today

August 13, 2019 - 12:17 pm

The price formula committee is scheduled to meet this evening for the monthly fuel price revision, the Finance Ministry said.

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Aug 13 2019 August 13, 2019 April 6, 2026 8Comments 8:45 am
Ranil Wickremasinghe

PM: will Gotabaya seek pardon for sins of Rajapaksa regime?

August 13, 2019 - 8:45 am

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday asked whether SLPP Presidential nominee Gotabaya Rajapaksa would seek pardon for all the sins committed by the previous Rajapaksa regime.

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Aug 13 2019 August 13, 2019 April 6, 2026 1Comment 8:36 am
Mano Ganesan

Not ready to go to cemetery with UNP – Mano Ganesan

August 13, 2019 - 8:36 am

Minister and the Leader of the Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) Mano Ganesan said that he is not ready to go to the cemetery with the United National Party (UNP) if they do not take a correct decision.

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Aug 13 2019 August 13, 2019 April 6, 2026 4Comments 8:30 am
Sajith Premadasa

Sajith confident he will be Prez come November

August 13, 2019 - 8:30 am

UNP Deputy Leader and Minister Sajith Premadasa says he will rule the country adhering to the Dasa Raja Dharma if he is elected President.

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Aug 12 2019 August 12, 2019 April 6, 2026 2Comments 8:25 pm
Vijitha Herath - JVP

Gotabaya lacks financial discipline – JVP

August 12, 2019 - 8:25 pm

The JVP charges that Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was named as the Presidential candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, lacks financial and management discipline.

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Aug 12 2019 August 12, 2019 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:57 pm
Crime scene

Manager of renowned salon clubbed to death

August 12, 2019 - 12:57 pm

A 47-year-old manager of a popular salon in Slave Island, Colombo had been murdered at Muttiah Road in Slave Island last night, Police Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekera said.

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Aug 12 2019 August 12, 2019 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:47 pm
Mangala Samaraweera

Over 90,000 projects implemented under Gamperaliya – Minister

August 12, 2019 - 12:47 pm

Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera says that nearly 90,000 projects in the country are being implemented successfully under the Gamperaliya program.

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Aug 12 2019 August 12, 2019 April 6, 2026 2Comments 8:23 am
Sajith Premadasa

Harin’s ‘Sajith Enawa’ rally kicks off in Badulla today

August 12, 2019 - 8:23 am

The rally organised by Minister Harin Fernando under the theme Sajith Enawa will be held today (12) at 3:00 p.m. at the Badulla Municipal Grounds with the participation of the UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa, to announce Sajith Premadasa as the UNP Presidential Candidate.

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Aug 11 2019 August 11, 2019 April 6, 2026 2Comments 6:57 pm
Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Former Sri Lankan strongman’s brother to run for president

August 11, 2019 - 6:57 pm

Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was a livewire in Sri Lanka’s military campaign to end a long civil war but faces allegations of human rights violations, was nominated Sunday as the opposition’s candidate for the presidential election scheduled for later this year.

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Aug 11 2019 August 11, 2019 April 6, 2026 12Comments 4:07 pm
Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Gotabaya named SLPP’s Presidential Candidate

August 11, 2019 - 4:07 pm

The former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been officially announced as the Presidential Candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) by party leader Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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Aug 11 2019 August 11, 2019 April 6, 2026 NoComment 12:04 pm
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena in Cambodia

Sri Lanka and Cambodia pledge to promote Theravada Buddhism

August 11, 2019 - 12:04 pm

Sri Lanka and Cambodia should work together to spread teachings of Theravada Buddhism throughout the world, President Maithripala Sirisena said.

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Aug 11 2019 August 11, 2019 April 6, 2026 1Comment 8:06 am
Mahinda Rajapaksa

Mahinda to announce SLPP’s presidential contender today

August 11, 2019 - 8:06 am

Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to announce the long awaited presidential aspirant of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) after formally taking over the party’s leadership at today’s maiden national convention in Colombo.

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Aug 11 2019 August 11, 2019 April 6, 2026 4Comments 7:12 am
Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Many Sri Lankans want a strongman leader, and that favors Gotabaya Rajapaksa

August 11, 2019 - 7:12 am

Sri Lankans, angered by the government’s inability to prevent the Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed more than 250 people, want a strongman back in power who can guarantee their safety and bring back economic growth.

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Aug 10 2019 August 10, 2019 April 6, 2026 1Comment 10:12 am
Dinesh Chandimal

Sri Lanka names Chandimal, Mathews, Dickwella for New Zealand test

August 10, 2019 - 10:12 am

Sri Lanka’s cricket selectors on Friday recalled former captain Dinesh Chandimal in a 15-man squad for the first test against New Zealand after he was dropped for two big series because of poor batting form.

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