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.
"A Moonment to Remember" Mid-Autumn Poetry Gathering and the 10th Anniversary Celebration of China Cultural Center in Sri Lanka were held in Colombo on Monday.
Former cabinet minister and SLFP Colombo district leader Faizer Mustapha has unequivocally endorsed Ranil Wickremasinghe as the most qualified candidate for the presidency.
Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe has described the change he has brought about since taking over the presidency.
Dodampahala Rahula Thera has urged SLPP leader Mahinda Rajapaksa to withdraw the candidacy of Namal Rajapaksa and extend support to independent candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe.
SJB MP Rohini Wijeratne refused to go on stage in Dambulla in support of Sajith Premadasa in protest against the presence of former state minister Lakshman Wasantha Perera.
The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has officially reached a final decision to endorse Sajith Premadasa, the presidential candidate of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), at the upcoming presidential election.
SLFP leader for Colombo Faizer Mustapha is now canvassing in support of incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe at the presidential polls.
A remembrance has taken place for 24 Tamil civilians who were killed in an Air Force bombing at Manthuvil in Mullaitivu in 1999.
