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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 states that the country has been able to achieve many victories in the control of drugs.
The President laid this emphasis at a function held at Nalanda College Colombo.

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.

The Department of Examinations says the 2019 Grade Five Scholarship examination results will be released next week.

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 says a massive leap forward based on positive reforms has to be taken to embark on a path of rapid development through an export-oriented digital economy. He said the Government is committed to investing Rs. 500 billion over the next five years to achieve the target.

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.

සියලු සේවකයින්ගේ නිවාඩු අවලංගු කර ඇති බැවින් වහාම සේවයට වාර්තා කරන ලෙස දුම්රිය සාමාන්‍යාධිකාරීවරයා විසින් වර්ජනයේ නිරත දුම්රිය සේවකයින්ට දැනුම්දීමක් කර තිබෙනවා.

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.

මෙවර ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහා රුපියල් කෝටි 450 ඉක්මවන මුදලක් වැයවෙනු ඇතැයි ජාතික මැතිවණ කොමිසම පවසයි. අද (04) පැවති මාධ්‍ය හමුවකදී මැතිවරණ කොමිසමේ සභාපති මහින්ද දේශප්‍රිය මහතා මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කළේය.

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.

The price of a domestic Litro gas cylinder (12.5kg) would be reduced by Rs 240 with effect from midnight today, Ministry of Industry Commerce said.