The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has decided to field their candidate at the upcoming Presidential election under the party’s symbol of pohottuwa (lotus), the party’s General Secretary MP Sagara Kariyawasam said.
The decision was taken following the political committee meeting held this evening. The party is expected to declare its candidate before August 15.
Former President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake was today remanded until February 11 by the Fort Magistrate in relation to the case where former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is alleged to have misused Rs. 16.6 million in state funds during a visit to the UK to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton.
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A group of fishermen yesterday claimed that they were assaulted by Indian Coastal guards while returning back to Sri Lanka.
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