SriLankaMirror has discovered that Sri Lanka Cricket is promoting the lion emblem found on the label of Lion Beer in place of the usual lion symbol promoted in the country during the on-going ODI series featuring England.

Minister Rishad Badurdeen is reported to have assaulted government parliamentarian J Sri Ranga at Temple Trees yesterday (December 15).

The Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) has dismissed as rubbish reports that the government had sidelined the moment for the upcoming Presidential election as it could lose out on Muslim votes, the party's CEO Dilantha Vithanage said.

General secretary of the BBS Ven. Galagoda Gnanasara Thera says they are presently focused on religious activities and not involved in anything else.

The National Environmental Organisation has decided to back Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena at next month's Presidential election, but the former Health Minister was also in for a rude surprise when he found that the air-conditioning system at the Mahaweli Centre in Colombo where he was welcomed was shut down.

The election monitor Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) has charged that employees of the Provincial Councils of Panadura, Kalutara and Beruwala have been forced to attend today's (December 15) public rally of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Panadura.

Veteran politician and minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara could be the next government crossover to support Common Opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena at next month's election.

An utterance made by the Bodu Bala Sena movement that there will be religious unrest if any support is given to Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena, has driven fear among Muslims, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) has charged.