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Aruwakkalu explosions: Ministry suspects an act of sabotage By Responding to the explosion of a regulation tank at Aruwakkalu sanitary landfill on Monday, the Megapolis and Western Development Ministry said it could be an act of sabotage.

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.

දැනට පවතින විශ්‍රාම වැටුප් ක්‍රමය නවීකරණය කිරීම සඳහා රටේ ආර්ථික වර්ධන වේගය 7.5% දක්වා ඉහල නැංවිය යුතු බව අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ පැවසීය.

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).

Sri Lanka’s Ministries and state institutions are in a bank borrowing spree increasing liabilities while posing contingent risk to government balance sheets, official financial statistics showed.

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 Election Commission (EC) today (Oct 8) said that it was likely that plastic ballot boxes would be imported for this year's Presidential election due to a large number of candidates.

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.

ඌව පළාත් සභාවේ නිල කාලය අද (08) මධ්‍යම රාත්‍රී 12.00න් අවසන් වීමට නියමිතව ඇත.

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.

නොවැම්බර් 16 වෙනිදා පැවැත්විමට නියමිත ජනාධිපතිවරණය සදහා සකස් කරනු ලබන ජන්ද පත්‍රිකාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් බොහෝ දෙනාගේ අවධානය යොමුවි තිබෙනවා.

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.