Deputy Leader of the UNP, Minister Sajith Premadasa was able to secure the party’s presidential candidacy today. The unanimous decision to hand over the candidacy to Premadasa was taken at the UNP Working Committee meeting held in Sirikotha during the afternoon.

It is reported that it has been agreed to allow Presidential hopeful of the United National Party led alliance Sajith Premadasa to use the ‘Swan’ symbol belonging to Ravi Karunanayake’s New Democratic Front (NDF).

UNP National organiser and Cabinet Minister Naveen Dissanayake has welcomed the decision taken by UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to name UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa as the United National Front's presidential candidate.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to name Minister Sajith Premadasa as the UNF’s Presidential candidate, reliable sources have confirmed.

The UN peacekeeping department has decided to ban the deployment of non-essential Sri Lankan Army troops in UN peacekeeping missions citing the appointment of the new army commander who is alleged to have committed war crimes, the foreign media has reported.

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.

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

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.

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.