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A week of missed moments

By our Political Editor It was a week that began with hope but ended in disappointment. The political focus across the country was...

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Sajith will be President by December – Kabir

Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Kabir Hashim made a bold prediction during a recent public event, stating that Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa will...

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Postal votes will send strong message to Govt – Namal

The National Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Namal Rajapaksa, has asserted that public servants exercising their right to postal voting...

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LG polls: Ranil says NPP unable to win majority

Leader of the United National Party (UNP) and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated today that the National People’s Power (NPP) is unlikely to...

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President engaged in ‘Temple Politics’ to court elderly voters – Prof. Dewasiri

Professor Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri, a staunch supporter of the National People’s Power (NPP), has drawn parallels between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s current political...

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We took over a country where people were waiting in fuel queues, claims Tilvin

The General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), Tilvin Silva, said that the National People’s Power (NPP) government is the only government...

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‘Intimidation and a threat’ from the NPP election campaign

A cash incentive repeatedly offered by Sri Lanka’s President – who is also the Minister of Finance, in addition to the Prime Minister,...

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President again issues veiled threat to LG bodies over funding

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has once again issued a veiled threat to local government bodies whose power will go to a party other...