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Internal strife in SLPP; Chandima complains of step motherly treatment

United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MP Chandima Weerakkody has sought the intervention of the leadership of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) to resolve the internal strife brewing within the party.

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Gota supporters harass Hirunika (Video)

United National Party (UNP) MP Hirunika Premachandra, while denying reports that she was trying to forcibly enter the office of the Elections Commission yesterday (7), says that a group of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s supporters had behaved in an undignified manner.

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Basil puts forward Shivajilingam to attack Gota!

Former Northern Provincial Council member M.K Shivajilingam has been put forward to contest

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SLFP decision tonight; "We will not be seen on Pohottuwa stages" - President says

President Maithripala Sirisena had called for a Central Committee meeting of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday (06) night to decide on the steps the party should take on the upcoming presidential election.

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Tamil mothers mark children's day with list of kids taken away by military

At least 29 children below the age of 14 have disappeared at the hands of the military according to new information released by Tamil mothers in Northern Sri Lanka.

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Basil fields Hizbullah to split votes; Agreement to approve Eastern University

Former Eastern Province Governor M.L.A.M Hizbullah is said to have decided to contest in the upcoming elections

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SLFP yet to make a final decision; another meeting tonight

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is yet to make a final decision on the party’s stance at the upcoming presidential election.

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Rohitha Bogollagama to back Sajith

Rohitha Bogollagama, a former foreign minister under the United National Party government

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Petition Dismissed: Gota cuts cake while supporters torch houses to celebrate!

A number of United National Party (UNP) members and their houses have been attacked and destroyed by supporters of Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the Court of Appeal's unanimous decision yesterday to dismiss a petition challenging his Sri Lankan citizenship, UNP Media Unit reported.