President pledges to end thuggery

While condemning the killing of an UPFA supporter in Madurankuliya by a group of gunmen on Saturday, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said he will not allow thuggery to take root in the country under any circumstances. The President was addressing over 100,000 people who flocked to the Maligapitiya grounds in Kurunegala in support of his victory at the upcoming election.

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President will romp home

President Mahinda Rajapaksa will win the forthcoming Presidential poll with an absolute majority as it is clearly seen that all sections of people in the country are rallying round him, SLFP General Secretary, Agriculture and Mahaveli Development Minister Maithreepala Sirisena said yesterday.

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Estate children equipped with IT:

New technology for estate sector

The Government is ready to provide new technological vistas to the people in the Estate sector who were destined to pluck tea leaves and prepare rotti, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa, addressing an election rally organized by Minister Arumugam Thondaman at the Kotagala PS grounds yesterday.

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