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Presidential Election: 1st postal vote result released

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Hezbollah handed out pagers hours before blasts - even after checks

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8 hr. island wide curfew from 10 pm

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Monday declared special holiday

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Most ODI tons before turning 23: Rahmanullah Gurbaz equals Virat Kohli

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2024 Presidential Election: Voter turnout after polls close

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Fate is sealed!

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Five athletes failed doping tests at Paris Olympics: agency

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Curfew will be imposed if needed: Minister

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Dan Priyasad turned back at airport while attempting to leave

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Presidential Election: 1st postal vote result released

8 hr. island wide curfew from 10 pm

Monday declared special holiday

SLFP to form separate alliance; Welgama says ready to contest

General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), MP Dayasiri Jayasekera says the party is looking at joining hands with leftist forces and contesting the presidential separately in the event talks with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) fail.

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Will not accept candidacy if subjected to conditions:Sajith

Deputy Leader of the UNP Sajith Premadasa says he is not prepared to accept the party’s Presidential candidacy subjected to conditions.

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Buddhist mob violate court order with police backing

A Buddhist mob defied court by cremating the body of a Buddhist monk in an open field next to a Hindu place of worship in the north of Sri Lanka with the help of police.

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RW agrees to nominate Sajith; three conditions put forward

A general agreement has been reached among United National Party (UNP) seniors including party leader, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to nominate Deputy Leader, Minister Sajith Premadasa as the UNP’s presidential candidate as well as the candidate of the United National Front (UNF) led political alliance.

PM denies recommending Dilrukshi to be appointed as Supreme Court judge

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has denied allegations levelled by President Maithripala Sirisena that he had recommended former Director General of Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe to be appointed as a Supreme Court (SC) judge.

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A decision in 72 hours: Karu to act as mediator when Ranil & Sajith meet today

UNP Leader PM Ranil Wickremesinghe and Deputy Leader Minister Sajith Premadasa are once again set to meet for a special discussion today in a bid to resolve the ongoing issues surrounding the UNP’s Presidential candidate.

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Gota's invalidated NIC in electoral lists: New NIC number informed, says Gota

The National Identity Card (NIC) used by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential hopeful Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa to register as an elector in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 electoral lists had been invalidated by the Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) in October 2016.

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Ranil under pressure to prevent UNP split

Ranil Wickremesinghe for the first time is said to be considering a proposal put forward by several UNP seniors to nominate Sajith Premadasa for the upcoming elections as the UNP’s candidate.