The scrutiny of answer scripts of the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination has been suspended due to ongoing investigations into the leak of the first paper in Anuradhapura, Education Ministry Secretary J.M.Thilaka Jayasundara said.
Chairman of the Election Commission of Russia Shevchenko Evgenii who is part of an election monitoring mission in Sri Lanka offered insights on electronic voting to be adopted in Sri Lanka instead of paper ballots.
Lawyers’ Collective member Shiyan Punchihewa, in a letter addressed to Chairman Election Commission Saman Ratnayake has informed that the report issued by the government on the agreement with external commercial creditors is an attempt to influence voters.
The National Security Council, chaired by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, held a meeting yesterday (19) at the Presidential Secretariat to discuss preparations for the 2024 Presidential election. According to the President’s Media Division (PMD),
The Sri Lanka Reform Organization has made a complaint against an online media organization to the Election Commission. The complaint is with regard to the organization carrying an extract of a news item by an Indian Newspaper which quotes opinion polls favouring certain presidential candidates which the organization claims is in violation of the Presidential Election Act No 15 of 1981.
Claiming that people, who voted to form governments so far, were humiliated by the rulers, National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday pledged to protect the dignity of the people who vote to bring in National People’s Power (NPP) government.
“I do not make empty promises, and I will ensure that no child in this country goes hungry. My focus is on making the right decisions to advance the nation, while guaranteeing that every citizen has access to adequate daily meals,” stated Namal Rajapaksa, the Presidential candidate, during the final election rally of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in Mathugama yesterday.
Sale of alcoholic beverages during the election weekend has been prohibited by order of the Excise Chief, except for the tourists residing in top star class hotels and boutique villas countrywide, the department announced yesterday.
The Sri Jayewardenepura University which was temporarily closed following a clash reportedly between two groups of students of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP), is to be re-opened after the Presidential Election.
The Supreme Court yesterday issued an order to file a rule containing contempt of court charges against the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for failing to implement the Court’s order, which had suspended a Cabinet decision granting approval related to online and expatriate visa operations in Sri Lanka.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) candidate Sajith Premadasa has pledged to set up a Silicon Valley-style IT development in Colombo and to follow the examples of former Indian Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu and former Chief Minister of Karnataka S. M. Krishna in producing quality software professionals.
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