GMOA threatens to launch 24 hour strike on Tuesday

Indian Police find Angoda Lokka used WhatsApp to operate gang in Sri Lanka

Though Sri Lankan gangster Maddumage Chandana Lasantha Perera alias Angoda Lokka escaped from Colombo using a fake passport and landed in Chennai in 2017, he was operating his gang in the island nation through WhatsApp calls till his death on June 3 in Coimbatore, the Times of India reported. According to the Sri Lankan police, Angoda Lokka was arrested by the Sri Lankan police in 2014 in connection with a murder case. Later, he obtained bail and came out of prison. Later, he was involved in a

06 Aug, 2020

Complaint filed against Thewarapperuma after he went berserk

By Vyshnavy Velrajh and Indika Sri Aravinda   A complaint has been filed against United National Party (UNP) Kalutara District candidate Palitha Thewarapperuma on illegal campaigning. Co-Convenor of the The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Manjula Gajanayake told the Colombo Gazette that a complaint was filed with the Election Commission accusing Thewarapperuma of engaging in illegal campaigning in view of the General Elections 2020 which took place yesterday (05). Video footag

06 Aug, 2020

Ranil says UNP not targeting 2/3 majority

United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe says his party is not looking for 2/3rd majority in Parliament. Speaking to reporters today, Wickremesinghe said that he is confident the UNP will be able to form a new Government following the election which ended today. “We are not looking for a 2/3rd majority,” he said. Wickremesinghe also said that the current preferential voting system must change. He said that he hopes the changes proposed by the last Parliament will be taken forw

05 Aug, 2020