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අප්‍රේල් 21 ප්‍රහාරය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තොරතුරු විමර්ශනය කළ පාර්ලිමේන්තු විශේෂ තේරීම් කාරක සභාව අද පස්වරුවේ යළි රැස්වීමට නියමිතව තිබේ.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says there is wide consensus for devolution of powers within a united Sri Lanka.

The final results of the Presidential election is not expected on November 17, the National Elections Commission said today.

ජනාධිපතිවරණයට අදාළව තැපැල් ඡන්ද පති‍්‍රකා අද තැපෑලට භාර දීමට නියමිතව තිබෙනවා.

Sri Lanka’s third international airport, the Jaffna International Airport (JIA), was declared open today.

ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ තැපැල් ඡන්ද පති‍්‍රකා නිකුත් කිරීම සහ තැපෑලට භාරදීම ලබන සිකුරාදා (18) සිදු කෙරෙනවා.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday reacted to the remarks by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Presidential Candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa over the question of missing persons and strongly defended the UN Human Rights Council Resolution 30/1 adopted in 2015,

වත්මන් ජනපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතාගේ ධුර කාලයේ අවසන් මාසය අදින් (17දා) ආරම්භ වේ.

A decision was taken to provide maximum security to the candidates contesting for the forthcoming Presidential election during the Security Council meeting held under the patronage of the President Maithripala Sirisena yesterday.

The government will present a vote on account in parliament on October 23 to allocate government expenses for the first quarter of next year, the Speaker’s Office said yesterday.

Four of the presidential candidates had placed the letters pertaining to appointing their election representatives in one envelope and if this continues, he will reveal the names of these candidates, said the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya.

The Constitutional Council has approved the appointment of Saman Sri Rathnayake as the Commissioner General of the National Elections Commission.

The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Treasury to allocate up to Rs. 7 billion for expenses related to the upcoming Presidential Election, Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said yesterday.

The government has taken a decision to grant all police officers a special composite allowance of 20 days monthly, in addition to their regular salary, according to police sources.This allowance of around Rs.75,000 would be paid to all police officers.

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate corruption of the current administration yesterday issued summons again on Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to appear before the Commission on October 18 to provide evidence on the decision to store paddy at the Mattala Airport in 2015.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera today defended a UN Resolution on Sri Lanka which was passed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2015.

Jaffna, Batticaloa and Ratmalana named under Immigration and Emigration Act
Comes ahead of today’s Jaffna International Airport opening

The Cabinet at its meeting headed by President Maithripala Sirisena is reported to have yesterday scrapped the National Economic Council (NEC) set up by President Maithripala Sirisena.