Category: Elections

Jan 05, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury Secretary PB Jayasundera said that he wishes President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be the president for 2020. “I want to express my gratitude to His Excellency the President and wish he would be president for 2020 as well,” Jayasundera said. President Rajapaksa has shown bold, credible and sensitive […]

Dec 08, 2014 (LBO) – United National Party’s (UNP) former General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has joined the Government, a media report said. Attanayake today resigned from his post of General Secretary at United National Party (UNP). The report said, President Mahinda Rajapaksa had made this comment to the public near the Department of Elections in […]

Dec 05, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Elections Commissioner instructed all local government institutions to remove cut-outs and banners with regard to the forthcoming presidential election, a media report said. If it is wrong the legal actions should be taken, Keheliya Rambukwella said. Action must be taken from the relevant government authorities, It is wrong […]

Dec 01, 2014 (LBO) – The common opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena signed a Memorandum of Onderstanding (MoU) with several political parties including the United National Party (UNP) and people’s organization in Sri Lankain Sri Lanka for the forthcoming presidential election. Around 36 political parties and people’s organizations were expected to sign the agreement today. […]

Nov 28, 2014 (LBO) – Common opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena said that he will not allow President Mahinda Rajapaksa or any of his family member to be tried overseas for allegations of war crimes. He was speaking at a press conference held in Colombo today. Sirisena said that Sri Lanka has not sign any […]

Nov 28, 2014 (LBO) – General Secretary of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) yesterday said that their organization would support the leader who supports the country, nationality and religion at the forthcoming Presidential election on January, next year. BBS also said that it would strongly oppose against the Muslim extremists in the country, but their organization […]

Nov 27, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said that the forthcoming presidential election is a battle between democracy and autocracy. This presidential race is a battle between democracy and autocracy, UNP said this issuing a statement short while ago. Between corruption and good governance. Between the rule of law […]

Nov 21, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s main opposition united national party on Friday decided to support former general secretary of the Sri Lanka freedom party Maithripala Sirisena as their presidential candidate. At the conference Sirisena vowed to abolish the executive presidency within 100 days. I’ll also abolish the 18th amendment and restore the 17th […]

Nov 21, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s main opposition United National Party’s newly appointed Group 20 or G 20 elections committee has chosen Maithripala Sirisena as their presidential candidate, media reports said. It is also reported that General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party minister Maithripala Sirisena is to hold a special press conference […]

Nov 20, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday signed the proclamation declaring his intention to hold a Presidential Election seeking another term, the Presidential Secretariat said. The Official Website of the Presidential Secretariat said the main constituent of the United People’s Freedom Alliance, Sri Lanka Freedom Party Central Committee on Wednesday […]

Sep 23, 2014 (LBO) – Poll monitoring group the People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) said there are about seven incidents of violence including three serious incidents has been reported during the day of provincial council election which took place on 20th September, 2014. Election Department PAFFREL appreciates the efforts made by the […]

Oct 04, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lankan firms will have to face changes sweeping across the world and by becoming more connected firms can be successful in the future, participants of the business forum in Colombo said. But the current trend was a mixture of modern and traditional values.But ‘Modtradi’ trend will also change. “We […]