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එළඹෙන ජනාධිපතිවරණයට අදාළ නාමයෝජනා භාරදීමෙන් පසු මේ දක්වා කාලය තුළ ජනාධිපතිවරණයට අදාළ පැමිණිලි 1237 ක් ලැබී ඇතැයි මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව පවසනවා. ඒ අතරට ප්‍රචණ්ඩ ක්‍රියා 09 ක්, මැතිවරණ නීති උල්ලංඝණය කිරීමේ සිද්ධීන් 1,184 ක් සහ වෙනත් පැමිණිලි 44 ක් ද අයත්.

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL), in a statement yesterday, said it was deeply concerned by the recent decision made by the Cabinet to allow President Maithripala Sirisena to remain in his official residence at Mahagama Sekara Mawatha, formerly Paget Road.

Sri Lanka Treasury will have to find Rs. 39,365 million or Rs.39.36 billion to pay salaries and allowances of 1.1 million public sector employees and pensioners in the country , official sources.

President’s Secretary Udhaya R. Senaviratne said certain state institutions and officials had misused a circular issued by him on April 23, 2019, after the Easter Sunday attack to mislead the public on an imminent security threat.

Sri Lanka’s State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) numbering 422 will be reinvigorated under the Statement of Corporate Intent (SCI) mechanism now in full operation.

ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා නිල සංචාරයක් සඳහා අද පස්වරුවේ ජපානය බලා පිටත්ව ගොස් ඇත.

The final report of the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) that inquired into the Easter Sunday terror attacks will be presented in Parliament today.

A total of 58,000 applications for postal voting forwarded for the presidential election had been rejected, the Elections Commission said.

The government has decided to levy a customer tax on credit and debit card usage when buying goods from abroad.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will testify before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) to investigate corruption in the administration tomorrow, October 23, to provide evidence on the decision to store paddy at the Mattala Airport in 2015.

President Maithripala Sirisena has left for Japan on a three-day official visit, his final state tour as President, today (Oct 21).

A total of 1,034 complaints of election law violations and violence had been reported between October 8 to 19, the Elections Commission said today.

මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව සහ ජනාධිපතිවරණයට ඉදිරිපත්ව සිටින දේශපාලන පක්‍ෂ නියෝජිතයන් අතර විශේෂ සාකච්ඡාවක් අද (22) පැවැත්වෙනවා.

මරණ දඬුවම ක්‍රියාත්මක කිරීමට පක්ෂව ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය තීරණයක් ලබාදුනහොත් තමන්ගේ ධූර කාලය අවසන් වීමට පෙර මරණ දඬුවම ක්‍රියාත්මක කරන බව ජනාධිපති මෛත‍්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා ඊයේ (20) පැවැසීය.

The Vote on Account prepared by the Finance Ministry on the Government’s expenditure from January 1 to April 30, 2020 seeking the approval for Rs.1,474 billion will be presented to Parliament on October 23. The Vote on Account will also seek the approval for limiting loans to Rs. 721 billion during the first quarter of next year.

The Government has taken measures to reduce tax on imported dried chillies and fish by Rs.20 and Rs.75 per kilogramme respectively.

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya warned yesterday that any attempts at interfering or threats at postal ballot marking centres will cause polling at such places to be annulled.

ජනාධිපතිවරණයට අදාළ තැපැල් ඡන්ද පති‍්‍රකා රාජ්‍ය ආයතන සදහා බෙදා හැරීම මේ වනවිට ආරම්භ කර තිබෙනවා.