Deputy Minister Nishantha Muthuhettigama has secretly left for Singapore early this morning (26).

Leader of the National Freedom Front - Minister Wimal Weerawansa says that the Federation of National Organizations, which is suspected to be behind yesterday's (24) attack on the UNP headquarters - Sirikotha, is not a collective linked to his party.

Sri Lanka's star cricketer Kumar Sangakkara has refuted rumours claiming that he has been 'offered a financial incentive to support the President's election campaign.

Two members of the Ceylon Workers Congress have crossed over to the UNP, pledging support to common candidate Maithripala Sirisena.

Although the Elections commissioner had allotted Dec. 26 for the postal voting of all police officers, Colombo DIG Gamini Mathurata has ordered all OICs in Colombo execute their franchise on Dec. 23.

Leader of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) - Kumar Gunaratnam has decided to come to Sri Lanka to support the party's presidential candidate Duminda Nagamuwa, political sources say.