Couple found dead in Navinna

Maithripala removes several members from SLFP CC

President Maithripala Sirisena, as head of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)?has removed several?members from the Central Committee (CC) of the party. The President had sent the list of the members removed to Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya today. Among those removed are John Seniviratne, D.M Jayaratne, Susil Premajayantha and Ratnasiri Wickremenayake. SLFP sources said that the President was to appoint new members to the SLFP CC to replace those he had removed. The moves comes fo

17 Aug, 2015

Issues over ink used to mark fingers of voters

Election monitors had received a number of reports related to the ink used to mark fingers of voters. There were complaints of the ink fading even before voters could cast their votes. The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) said that a total seven such incidents have been recorded by the CMEV from Kurunegala, Mullathivu, Vavuniya and Vanni. CMEV has informed the Election Commissioner about these complaints. Meanwhile, CMEV said that it also received a complaint about the lack of pr

17 Aug, 2015

Liquor given at several places as bribe for votes

Election monitors reported several incidents of liquor being distributed today?as bribes to voters for the Parliamentary election. The Campaign for a Free and Fair Election (CAFFE) said that in Badulla 67 people had been given liquor bottles yesterday to secure their votes by a certain candidate. CAFFE Executive Director Keerthi Tenakoon said that the manager of the store who distributed the liquor and several others were arrested over incident. Tenakoon said that incidents of liquor being di

16 Aug, 2015