A slanderous smear campaign is being carried out against former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaranatunga and former Army commander Gen. Sarath Fonseka, the Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) has said.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has arrived in Sri Lanka early this morning (29).

It is unfortunate to see that government sector workers including senior state officials and governors are openly engaged in election campaigning, election monitoring bodies say.

The presidential election scheduled to be held on Jan. 08, 2015 will definitely be held on that day, Elections commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya says.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that India is a friend of Sri Lanka and it will always remain so under his leadership.

The Elections secretariat says that the decision on whether to hold the upcoming elections in disaster stricken areas would be taken on Jan. 03.

The girlfriend of Common Candidate Maithripala Sirisena's son - Daham Sirisena and her parents have gone missing without a trace, the state owned newspaper 'Silumina' reports.