Sulanga Wage Awidin 19-08-2015
Concern over Rosie, Handunnetti losses
Social media is concerned by the election defeat of certain candidates who have been raising a voice on behalf of the future of the entire nation.
Many have tweeted that Rosie Senanayake should have been a must in the new parliament, as she is a proponent of children’s and women’s rights as well as women’s representation in politics.
Despite the UNP’s big win from Colombo, she failed to make it to parliament.
Another candidate whose defeat has led to much worry is JVP’s Sunil Handunnetti, a strong opponent of corruption and fraud.
Samantha Vidyaratne, Wasantha Samarasinghe and K.D. Lalkantha, also of the JVP, too, could have added new strength to the new parliament, according to social media.
Mahinda Samarasinghe, who confronted war crimes allegations against the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime before the UN, too, was defeated.
Sulanga Wage Awidin 18-08-2015
Preferential votes- General Election 2015 Preferential Votes - Polling District - Matale UNP 1.Wasantha Aluvihare 75,926 2.R. Aluvihare 74,785 3.R. Kavirathna 41,766 UPFA 1.Lakshman W Perera 79,309 2.Janaka Bandara Tennakoon 61,920 Preferential Votes - Polling District - Hambantota UPFA 1.Namal Rajapaksa 127,201 2.Mahinda Amaraweera 84,516 3.Chamal Rajapaksa 80,621 4.D V Chanaka 51,939 UNP 1.Sajith Premadasa 112,645 2.Dilip Wedarachchi 65,391 JVP 1.Nihal Galappaththi 12,162
Sulanga Wage Awidin 17-08-2015
Counting of votes begins
Additional Election Commissioner R.M.A.L. Rathnayake stated that counting of votes with regard to 2015 General Election commenced at 4.30 this evening.
He further stated that transporting of ballot boxes from the polling centres to the respective counting centres have commenced by now.
The Additional Commissioner also stated that heavy showers have not obstructed the proceedings of the election duties.
Meanwhile, the District Secretaries of Galle, Nuwara Eliya and Polonnaruwa districts stated that the voter turnout for their districts were at 70% when the voting concluded at 4 PM.
Sulanga Wage Awidin 14-08-2015
Hiru once again crowned as the most popular website in Sri Lanka
The websites managed by the Asia Broadcasting Corporation , namely Hiru News.lk and Hiru FM.lk won both the main awards at the “Best Web. LK 2015” Awards ceremony.
Best Web.lk is the award ceremony held for selecting the best web-sites. Accordingly hirunews.lk was selected as the most popular web-sites and hirufm.lk web site was chosen as the most popular entertainment website.
According to an evaluation made by the specialists of LK Domain institute which is affiliated to Moratuwa University HiruFM.lk was awarded the "Best Sports and Entertainment Web site" based on the advances technology, the design and the user friendly inter-phase adopted by the Hiru web sites.