A special rally is being organized by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera in Matara in support of UNP Deputy Leader, Minister Sajith Premadasa at the upcoming presidential election and will get underway tomorrow (Aug 23).
The rally themed "Mulu Ratatama Sajith enawa. Obath Enna Matarata" will be held at the Sanath Jayasuriya grounds from 3 pm.
So far, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the National People's Power (NPP) have announced their candidates as Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake respectively.
The UNP is yet to announce its candidate.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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