UPFA set for landslide - Mangala

All surveys indicate that the UPFA will romp home with 63.6% of the vote at the March 30 local Government election, Ports, Aviation and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday.

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CMC poll: UNP planning tie-up with independent group

 The UNP is planning to merge with an independent group to contest the Colombo district at the Local Government polls following last week's Appeal Court ruling upholding the Returning Officer's rejection of its Colombo Municipal Council nominations list.

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Tylvin urges IGP to halt assaults on JVP activists

Janatha Vimukthi Preamuna General Secretary M. Tylvin Silva, in a letter to the IGP yesterday urged to check the escalating wave of thuggery and assault on JVP activists in various parts of the island and ensure a free and fair election.

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