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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.
Cabinet yesterday appr-oved a proposal for President Maithripala Sirisena to retain his official residence, which he now occupies at Mahagama Sekara Mawatha, Colombo 7, following the end of his term of office.
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.
රජය සතු 422 ක් වන රාජ්ය ආයතන බොහෝමයක් පාඩු ලබන ආයතනවල අතර 2018 වර්ෂයේ ඒවායෙහි දායකත්වය ලබාදී ඇත්තේ 33% ක් පවතී.
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.
ලබන නොවැම්බර් මස 16 වැනිදා පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහා ඡන්දය ප්රකාශ කිරීමේ කාලසීමාව පැය භාගයකින් දීර්ඝ කිරීමේ අදහසක්, මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාවේදී සාකච්ඡාවට ලක්වී තිබේ.
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.
Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday said that it had made compulsory for any voter to have any valid document to prove his or her identity during the presidential election which will be held on November 16.
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.
The Elections Commission (EC) recently thwarted a move by Galle District UNP MP Wijepala Hettiarachchi to donate Rs.50,000 each as housing aid among selected families in his constituency under the ‘Gamperaliya’ programme, following the declaration of the presidential election, an official said.
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.
In the absence of foreign investments for sections of the Central Expressway project, the Cabinet has approved a proposal by the Ministry of Highways and Road Development to obtain a loan of Rs 60 billion from three state banks.
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