Category: HIGHLIGHTED

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa in a special statement said a new Prime Minister would be appointed if he is elected President.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –The completed Kalu Ganga Reservoir project was vested with the public by President Maithripala Sirisena today (7). The Kalu Ganga Reservoir Project comes under the mega Moragahakanda – Kalu Ganga Multi-Purpose Development Project, considered to be the irrigation marvel of the 21st Century.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says proposals put forward by Mahinda Rajapaksa when he was President will be considered to devolve powers to the provinces.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – All public wealth and assets robbed by the politicians will be taken back by the government and the parliamentarians’ pension scheme will be scrapped under our government, National Peoples’ Movement (NPM) Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Disanayake has pledged.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –New Democratic Front (NDF) Presidential candidate Minister Sajith Premadasa said he will initiate a historic people’s welfare programme by converting the string of Presidential mansions in the country into Youth Technological Institutes once elected to power on November 16.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – “Over 70 per cent of population in the country are living in rural areas and a special programme will be in place under my directive to uplift the living standards of the rural population,” SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa told an election rally near Kandy yesterday.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said that he deeply appreciates the Sri Lankan expatriates, who are returning to the country, to support and vote for him at the forthcoming Presidential Election.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) –National People’s Power (NPP)Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Saturday said that the illegally amassed wealth of politicians and public officials holding high positions would be taken over to the State after two months’ grace period if he received the people’s mandate at the forthcoming Presidential Election.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – “In modern democracies, Presidential candidates fearlessly debate their policies at impartially moderated debates,” points out NDF Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa in his formal letter inviting SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa for a live televised public debate on policies.

(COLOMBO, LANKAPUVATH) – The casting of postal votes for security personnel commenced this morning.