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පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සභාවාරය ලබන 23 වැනිදා දක්වා කල් තැබීමට අද (08) දින සභාවට යෝජනා කිරීමට නියමිත බව වාර්තා වේ.

All 35 nominations submitted for the presidential elections were accepted by the Elections Commissions, Elections Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said.

The grade five scholarship examination results have been released a short while ago, Commissioner General of Examinations B. Sanath Pujitha said.

President Maithripala Sirisena said brave soldiers have been able to overcome all hostilities against Motherland.

Accepting nominations for the upcoming Presidential Poll began this morning at the office of the National Elections Commission (NEC).

පහ ශ්‍රේණිය 2019 ශිෂ්‍යත්ව විභාගයේ ප්‍රතිඵල අද (06) නිකුත් කිරීමට කටයුතු සූදානම් කර තිබෙනවා.

Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne says that the price of 30 more types of medicinal drugs will be regulated. Minister Senaratne said that a number of new recruitments to the Health Management will be made soon and new technologies will be made available to make the decision making process more efficient in the health sector.

The Ministry of Tourism has issued new regulations for tourist guiding services, setting the minimum educational qualifications for those carrying out such services, while making it mandatory for them to obtain a licence from the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) to operate.

The National Elections Commission will commence calling for nominations from Presidential candidates from nine to eleven in the morning tomorrow and accept any objectionsfrom nine to eleven thirty.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that the public should be aware of the policies of presidential candidates and their plans to bring down the cost of living before deciding who to vote for on 16 November. Addressing an event held at the United National Party (UNP) Head Office over the weekend, Wickremesinghe noted the economic policies of a presidential candidate should be studied carefully to assess how they will impact household expenses.

A record number of 41 presidential aspirants will hand in their nomination papers at the Election Commission this morning, more than double the number of candidates who contested in the 2015 poll.

Election Commission will closely monitoring social media platforms and messaging apps to identify and report pre and post elections violence, voter suppression, and the spread of misinformation, EC Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said.

නාම යෝජනා භාරදීමෙන් පසු අද දිනයේ සිට ජනාධිපතිවරණය පවත්වා අවසන් වී සතියක් ගත වන තුරු පෙළපාලි පැවැත්වීම තහනම් බව මැතිවරණ කොමිසම සඳහන් කරයි.

The Elections Commission is urging government workers currently engaged in trade union actions to urgently engage in discussions to settle their issues as the state machinery needs to be able to function at an optimum level in order that the Presidential elections are conducted smoothly.

2019 ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහා ඇප මුදල් තැන්පත් කර ඇති අපේක්ෂකයන් සහ මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ නිළධාරීන් අතර විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවක් හෙට (06) රාජගිරිය මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභා කාර්යාලයේදී පැවැත්වේ. හෙට පෙ.ව. 8.30 වනවිට මෙම සාකච්ඡාව සඳහා පැමිණෙන්නැයි සියලු අපේක්ෂකයන් දැනුවත් කර ඇති බවයි මැතිවරණ කොමිසම පවසන්නේ.

Thirty-five candidates have handed over their nominations to the Elections Commission to contest the presidential election, Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya announced a short while ago.

The cash-strapped Treasury has ordered ministries and departments to slash their expenses by 10 percent in the next three months.

More than 1700 police officers will be deployed for traffic and security arrangements on October 7 when nominations are accepted for the presidential election.
Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said that a special traffic arrangement would be in effect along Sri Jayawardenapura Road and Old Kotte Road.