Parts of Mathugama AGA Division declared as isolated areas

SLFP CC gives President authority to decide

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Central Committee (CC) has decided to give President Maithripala Sirisena the full authority to decide on the stand the party must take at the Presidential election. The SLFP CC met late this evening to decide if it will support Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa or contest separately. However the party was divided on the stand it must take and so it was decided to give the President, as the SLFP Chairman, the full authority

05 Oct, 2019

Gotabaya Rajapaksa hands over his nomination papers

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa handed over his nomination papers to contest the 2019 Presidential election at the National Elections Commission this morning. Last week the Court of Appeal dismissed a petition filed over the citizenship of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The case, which was heard over three days ended with a three-judge bench delivering a unilateral decision dismissing the case. Rajapaksa was accused of violating the Citizenship Act, the Immigrants a

07 Oct, 2019

EC partners with FB to monitor misinformation

Election Commission will closely monitoring social media platforms and messaging apps to identify and report pre and post elections violence, voter suppression, and the spread of misinformation, EC Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said. Deshapriya informed that EC has partnered with Facebook and related apps Whatsapp and Instagram to maintain the integrity of the elections by appointing a team to screen such content. Apart for the Facbeook family apps Fact Crescendo and AFP Fact Checker too will scr

06 Oct, 2019