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Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the Samagi Jana Balavegaya and the leader of the opposition, says that he will compete for the vacant post of executive president.The opposition leader said in a Twitter message that he believes that Satya will win even if the majority of the 225 members of parliament is on the side of the former president.Related note below.

Praveen Jayawickrama and Lasith Embuldeniya, both left-arm spinners, have been left out of Sri Lanka’s 18-man team for the two-match Test series against Pakistan, which begins tomorrow (16).Prabath Jayasuriya, who took a Test debut record 12 wickets against Australia, and uncapped Dunith Wellalage, who were brought into the Covid-hit team ahead of the second Test last week, have been named.Due to their underwhelming performances, Embuldeniya and Jayawickrama have both been dropped. In his most recent two Tests, Embuldeniya only took one wicket and went for 177, while Jayawickrama failed to take a wicket and gave up 155 in a match played…

In an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and ease pressure on the nation’s health system, which is dealing with an inflow of COVID and influenza patients, the New Zealand Government on Thursday announced free masks and rapid antigen testing.The number of new COVID cases in New Zealand has significantly increased over the last few of weeks, and experts are predicting that this wave of Omicron may be worse than the first.The hospital system is already dealing with increased wait times and surgery cancellations.Ayesha Verrall, Minister for CovidVID-19 Response, stated in a statement that “there is no doubt that…

A highly infectious subvariant of COVID-19’s Omicron, BA.2.75 variant, dubbed “Centaurus,” has surfaced in the Netherlands, frightening specialists concerned about the strain’s rapid spread.The variation was discovered in a sample from the Northeast Gelderland region, according to reports. The sample was taken on June 26.As per AFP, it ‘has now now been discovered in the Netherlands,’ according to a statement issued by the Dutch National Institute of Public Health on Wednesday.According to WHO Covid-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove, the Centaurus subvariant initially appeared in India in May and has since been found in 14 additional countries, including Australia, Canada,…

The Ministry of Education has decided to give holidays from the 18th to the 20th for government schools and government approved private schools.The Ministry of Education further stated that this decision was taken based on the current fuel and transportation difficulties.The relevant notification is below.

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Prime Minister Ranil Wickramesinghe was sworn in as the Acting President a few moments ago.He has taken oath in front of Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya.

Chamath Palihapitiya is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian and American venture capitalist, engineer, SPAC sponsor, and founder and CEO of Social Capital. In a recent interview, he mentioned his plan to bring Google loom to Sri Lanka and how the project got dropped.In this interview they discussed how literate Sri Lanka is and how contrassing the internet access to its people even being one of the highest literacy rates.He pin points that how the people in Sri Lanka (the Elected class) accused him of conspiring and stealing the license. and how google and himself dropped the project. No matter what google…

Seven young ladies who were separated during the rally on Wednesday night when the security forces sprayed tear gas on the protestors who were getting ready to approach the Parliament complex were found by the Police Special Task Force.According to STF Commandant DIG Waruna Jayasundara, the Special Task Force located the remaining members of the gang that arrived with the young women and brought them together.He said that many more protestors had been discovered hiding in trees to avoid being charged during the deployment of tear gas and batons to disintegrate them.

* July govt sector salaries, pensions will be paid.Yesterday, a senior member of the Finance Ministry announced that all payments, including the government sector employees’ July salaries, pensions, and allowances, will be issued on time.According to the source, the Treasury has already allotted Rs. 92 billion to pay public sector employees’ wages, while Rs. 25.5 billion would be set aside to pay for pensions.He said that the rumors that it would be impossible to pay government employees’ salary this month were absolutely false and that there was no problem with doing so.