Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa launched his election manifesto titled “Namal Dekma” (Namal’s Vision) at the ITC Ratnadeepa Hotel in Colombo yesterday (02).
Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary General of Parliament, Chaminda Kularatne, participated in the Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the National People’s Congress
The Health Ministry has withdrawn a cabinet paper that sought permission to import 37 varieties of medicines from India through direct contracting.
Presidential candidate Premasiri Manage has publicly spoken in support of SJB candidate Sajith Premadasa.
Independent presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe has submitted an acceptable programme instead of mere election promises, said former minister Ravi Karunanayake.
Large infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka, often funded by foreign loans and grants, are legally required to disclose information online when the amount exceeds USD 100,000, Verité Research said.
The claim by a prominent lawmaker of a key Tamil party in the North and East of Sri Lanka to support one of the leading contenders in the presidential race, has been trashed by the party leadership.
The Sri Lankan Foreign Minister has grossly underplayed the numbers of disappeared persons who either surrendered, handed over, abducted, or otherwise went missing during the brutal civil war which ended in a blood bath a decade and half earlier.
The Army has declared all its camps and bungalows out-of-bounds for all retired personnel for a 25-day period from 01 September.
