If you vote for either Sajith Premadasa or Namal Rajapaksa, it will ultimately help NPP candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.

’’This election is not about choosing the best speaker, entertainer, or announcer. It’s about creating a free and safe country, easing the burden of taxes, securing a bright future for your children, and improving business prospects for the fut

The campaigning period for the upcoming Presidential election will end at midnight tomorrow (18).

Another suspect who was taken into custody today in connection with the double murder at a tattoo centre in Athurugiriya was produced before Kaduwela Acting Magistrate D.G.P. Karunaratne and detained for 48 hours for further questioning.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurated a new vehicle assembly plant, the Western Automobile Assembly Private Limited (WAA), in Kuliyapitiya today.

The National People’s Power assured that a future NPP government will not change Article 9 of the Constitution which states that the Republic of Sri Lanka shall give the foremost place to Buddhism.

PAFFREL has received reports from the Nuwara Eliya area over a group distributing boxes of matches featuring a Presidential candidate’s picture and election symbol on either side.

Extensive damages have been caused to the environmenal beauty of the Nuwara Eliya town by the participants in a propaganda rally organised by the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) in support of the candidacy of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Nuwara E

Over the past 76 years, politics in the country has turned into a massive business, causing widespread hardships, Presidential candidate Janaka Rathnayaka said.

Past President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), Upul Jayasuriya PC, in a letter to President’s Counsel Rienzie Arsekularatne, stated that neither the JVP nor the NPP has filed any applications opposing the appointment of IGP Deshabandu T

The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has announced a trade union action tomorrow (18), targeting hospitals across the country, GMOA spokesman Dr. Chamil Wijesinghe said.

The Election Dispute Resolution Unit of the Election Commission has introduced several special telephone numbers for reporting election law violations and disputes.

The Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) has clarified that it provides aircraft for Presidential candidates’ campaigns only on a payment basis, in line with standard procedures.

More than 39 million people could die of antibiotic-resistant infections between now and 2050, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet.

Six teachers, including a school principal in an examination centre in Anuradhapura, who had allegedly shared the first question paper of the Grade Five scholarship examination using a mobile phone, were taken into custody by the officials of the Exa

United Republican Front (URF) Leader MP Patali Champika Ranawaka who is backing Presidential Candidate and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa fears whether this will be the last democratic election that will be conducted in Sri Lanka.

Professor of Economics at the University of Peradeniya Wasantha Athukorala, said many university students leave Sri Lanka in search of better opportunities abroad, which poses a serious issue to the economy. “Taxpayers pay money to educate them, bu

The effect of climate change on migratory patterns is a further focal point to consider as an assumed 84% of birds listed on the CMS face threats due to global warming, according to environmentalist and lawyer Dr. Jagath Gunawardana.

In its bid to ensure that voters can reach polling stations safely on September 21, the election authorities have taken steps to liaise with the Department of Wildlife Conservation to prevent any threat from wild elephants, an official said.

Claiming that independent Presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe was striking fear among the people by threatening of the re-emergence of gas, fuel and electricity crisis if he is not elected, NPP Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake

The Sri Lanka Police said that legal action will be taken against individuals who share misleading videos related to the violent events, especially during the Aragalaya protests in 2022, for political advantage.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate Namala Rajapaksa requested other candidates to refrain from using the names and details of investors as part of their election campaign slogans.

Highlighting the utmost importance of media houses sticking to the guidelines issued to them by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka, Commission’s Chairman R. M. A. L. Rathnayake warned that they will not issue official results of the Presidential

Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong said both China and Sri Lanka are entering significant five-year periods and at a new turning point, which heralds greater opportunities for cooperation.

The All Ceylon Health Service Union has accused Dr. Saranga Alahapperuma, Chairman of the Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital of making arbitrary recruitments and promotions in violation of election laws.

An individual who had refused a handbill distributed by the SJB to support Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa has been allegedly threatened and assaulted by Nawalapitiya SJB organiser Sasanga Sampath Sanjeewa.

NPP MP Vijitha Herath hinted that the Prime Minister could be a female in a National People’s Power (NPP) government.

Wellalage named ICC Men’s Player of the Month for his all-round effort in a home ODI series against India

The prestigious Bradby Shield in its 78th encounter saw Trinity hit the 40th winning post. In retrospect, these were a set of boys who bore pain over the years to bring back the Holy Grail back to the precincts of its alma mater.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has pledged to bring in a legislation to ban corporal punishment soon.