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NUA forms coalition to contest upcoming general elections
Local

NUA forms coalition to contest upcoming general elections

The National Unity Alliance (NUA) will contest the upcoming general elections with a coalition of majority and minority parties, its…

byTeam Independent13/02/2020
No issue with closing down parliament for 2-3 years – Vidura Wickramanayake.
Local

No issue with closing down parliament for 2-3 years – Vidura Wickramanayake.

There will be no issue with the closure of a Parliament that does not have respect or goodwill towards one…

byTeam Independent13/02/2020
Copies of Ranjan’s phone recordings to be given to MPs next week
Local

Copies of Ranjan’s phone recordings to be given to MPs next week

Copies of telephone conversation recordings that UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake had handed over to the House are to be given…

byTeam Independent13/02/2020
UNP requests Election Commission not to recognize the new alliance
Local

UNP requests Election Commission not to recognize the new alliance

The United National Party (UNP) has opposed the registration of a new political party named Samagi Jathika Balawegaya. The Legal…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020
Ranjan produced before the court
Local

Ranjan produced before the court

Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake who is currently under remand custody has been produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court over charges of…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020
Expand postal voting to cover private sector – CaFFE
Local

Expand postal voting to cover private sector – CaFFE

Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) yesterday urged the Commission of Elections to expand postal voting to cover private-sector…

byTeam Independent12/02/2020
Sajith Premadasa forms new political party for General Election
Local

Sajith Premadasa forms new political party for General Election

Election commission has accepted the appointment of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa as the leader of the new political party ‘National…

byTeam Independent11/02/2020
PM returns from India
Local

PM returns from India

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has returned to the island after concluding his four-day state visit to India. The Sri Lankan…

byTeam Independent11/02/2020
Pakistan pledges to support Sri Lanka to maintain peace and stability in the region
Local

Pakistan pledges to support Sri Lanka to maintain peace and stability in the region

Visiting Chief of the Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force, Air Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan says Sri Lanka has…

byTeam Independent11/02/2020
Personal staff of the PM and other ministers BANNED from interfering in financial transactions
Local

Personal staff of the PM and other ministers BANNED from interfering in financial transactions

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has issued an order banning the personal staff of the Prime Minister and other ministers including private…

byTeam Independent10/02/2020

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