In response to criticism regarding the Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) support for Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the 2019 presidential election, Minister Jeevan Thondaman took to X (formerly Twitter) to explain the rationale behind their decision.

With propaganda events for the presidential polls due to end at midnight today (18), all media should end their reporting by noon tomorrow, said the Election Commission.

The presidential candidate of the ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ alliance, entrepreneur Dilith Jayaweera urged voters to make use of this opportunity to bring about the change desired by the people.

The High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha handed over a statue of Lord Buddha in Dharmachakra Mudra to the Dharmayathanaya Temple at Bauddhaloka Mawatha,

Derana TV carried a trailer for its ‘360’ political talk-show to announce that SJB presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa will attend the programme.

Rulers of many countries resort to harassing their opponents, mostly political, even to the level of making them disappear.

The VAT that has been introduced for food, education and health will be removed, National People’s Power (NPP) Leader and Presidential Candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake said at an election rally in Akuressa recently.

Marking a significant milestone in the country’s automotive industry, President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (17) inaugurated the Western Automobile Assembly Private Limited (WAA) vehicle assembly plant in Kuliyapitiya.

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 Tennakoon.

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate MP Namal Rajapaksa emphasised that the military operations to end the nearly three-decade-long war in the country were aimed at combatting terrorists, not against the Tamil community.