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A 5 judge bench has been appointed by the Chief Justice to consider the petition seeking an injunction order against the signing of the MCC agreement.

A three wheeler and 47 motorbikes parked at ground floor of the Presidential Security Division (PSD) building, Colombo fort destroyed by a fire last night, Police Spokesman said.

A number of UNP stalwarts would join the SLPP soon, Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday.

A Buddhist Monk, Dr. Inguruwatte Sumangala Thero is demanding that the SLPP Presidential Candidate furnish proof that he has renounced his United States citizenship within three days.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa had legally renounced his citizenship of the United States, said President’s Counsel Ali Sabry.

The United National Party has challenged the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna to make a clear statement pertaining to Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s citizenship.

Sri Lanka’s president has pardoned a death-row prisoner who murdered a Swedish teenager just a week before he leaves office, officials said Sunday, in a move that sparked national outrage.

National Democratic Alliance Candidate Sajith Premadasa in an exclusive interview with the Sunday Times has assured he would bring about social justice, including poverty alleviation to restore the dignity of millions of poverty-stricken people.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he has a proven track record, as Secretary of Defence and the Urban Development Ministry, in ensuring both national security and rebuilding the nation.

Ahimsa Wickramatunga, daughter of slain journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge says she would feel safer under the presidency of Sajith Premadasa, “a man who suffered horrifically at the hands of terrorists.”

MP Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe yesterday claimed that Sri Lanka would not benefit from the Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC) pact and that not even a cent would be received by the Treasury.

New Democratic Front Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa, in a strongly worded letter to Opposition Leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has condemned the Opposition Leader’s call for the Mahanayaka Theras to intervene on his side in an attempt to discredit the Premadasa presidential manifesto.

SLPP presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa says that a “relief package” will be provided to the poor and needy in the country, as an ‘instant’ relief measure before the economy if uplifted.

CANBERRA, Australia – A Sri Lankan man who threatened to blow up a Malaysia Airlines plane with 222 people on board had his prison sentence slashed on Friday by an Australian appeals court because he had been in a psychotic state and the fake bomb he had brandished posed no danger.

State Minister Wasanatha Senanayake extended his support to Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa today.