The leader of a certain political party has reportedly instructed all his MPs to mark the vote and take a picture before putting it into the ballot box at tomorrow’s (20) parliamentary vote to elect a president.
The Supreme Court today (19) dismissed a fundamental rights petition seeking the invalidation of the parliamentary seat of acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The Dullas Alahapperuma-Sajith Premadasa coalition has extended an invitation to former president and the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala Sirisena to become the speaker, it is learnt.
A party to the struggle, named Black Cap Movement, urges all presidential hopefuls to immediately declare their plans for the future.
Trade unions have put forward a set of proposals to resolve the prevailing conflict in the country that wants acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe to leave office and an interim government formed for a six-month period during which an election is held.
Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday sought the assistance of the British government and their intelligence services in the investigation of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.
The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) congratulates the Aragalaya (Struggle) movement in Sri Lanka for the phenomenal political victory it has achieved and expresses solidarity with the ordinary citizens who are leading this change with courage and conviction.
Acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe of the United National Party (UNP), Dullas Alahapperuma of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), and Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) were nominated on Tuesday (19) by Sri Lankan parliamentarians for the post of the president.
Details of a disinformation campaign to discredit the government by making allegations of asking a bribe from a Japanese company engaged in the construction work of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) expansion project have been exposed.
Sajith Premadasa and Dullas Alahapperuma, two aspirants for the presidency, this afternoon (18) had a round of talks that was reported to be inconclusive.
