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NPP member Lakshman Nipunaarchchi who is next in the list after Anura Kumara Dissanayake will fill the vacancy in parliament, NPP executive member General Secretary Tilvin Silva said yesterday.He told media that the appointment of the new MP is not their business and it should be done by the Election Commission as per the elections law.Silva said NPP member Lakshman Nipunaarchchi is next in the preferential vote list after Mr. Dissanayake and that he would be appointed as the new MP by the Election Commission.

At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say.“Multiple shooters fired multiple shots on a group of people” late on Saturday in the Five Points South area of the city, Birmingham Police officer Truman Fitzgerald said.Officers found the bodies of two men and one woman at the scene, while a third man later died of bullet wounds in hospital, Birmingham Police saidThe culprits are believed to have approached the scene in a vehicle before getting out and opening fire. No suspects have been arrested.Mr Fitzgerald added that they believed the…

An explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday.More than 20 others were injured after the blast in South Khorasan province.It is reported to have been caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks of the mine in Tabas, 540 km (335 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran.The explosion occurred at 21:00 local time (17:30 GMT) on Saturday, state media said.South Khorasan’s governor Javad Ghenaatzadeh said there were 69 workers in the blocks at the time of the explosion.According to the AP news agency,…

The Indian High Commissioner, Santos Jha, met with President-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the National People’s Power office in Battaramulla this evening. Jha extended greetings from India’s leadership and congratulated Dissanayake on his electoral victory, emphasizing India’s commitment to strengthening ties for the prosperity of both nations, the High Commissioner stated in a post on ‘X’.This meeting followed Dissanayake’s announcement as president by the Election Commission chairman.

Mr. Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who won the presidential election, has made a special note on his Facebook page. It is shown below.The dream we have nurtured for centuries is finally coming true. This achievement is not the result of any single person’s work, but the collective effort of hundreds of thousands of you. Your commitment has brought us this far, and for that, I am deeply grateful. This victory belongs to all of us.Our journey here has been paved by the sacrifices of so many who gave their sweat, tears, and even their lives for this cause. Their sacrifices are…

“President Anura Dissanayake, I entrust to you the care of the beloved child that is Sri Lanka,” Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe in a message to the country’s president elect.Press Release“President Anura Dissanayake, With deepest affection, I entrust to you “the beloved child of Sri Lanka”- President Ranil WickremesingheIn a special address, President Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his deep gratitude to the people of Sri Lanka for the mandate granted during the 21st presidential election. He acknowledged that, in accordance with the will of the people, the leadership of the country should now be passed on to President Anura Dissanayake.President Wickremesinghe extended…

Sri Lanka has elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its 9th Executive President, signalling a new and decisive chapter in the island’s political history.55-year-old Dissanayake’s victory comes after a closely contested election against Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa.The election extended into an unprecedented second round of vote counting, unseating the incumbent, President Ranil Wickremesinghe.Dissanayake’s political career spans over three decades, beginning in 1988 as the National Organiser of the Social Students’ Association.He rose through the ranks of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), joining its Central Working Committee in 1995 and becoming a Member of Parliament in 2001.Between 2004 and 2005, he served…

President Ranil Wickramasinghe has removed the belongings from the President’s Office today (22) to make room for the new President.Also, all the government vehicles belonging to the presidency were handed over yesterday and President Ranil Wickramasinghe left the official residence on Paget Road.

For the first time in the country’s history, Sri Lanka’s presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after no single candidate won more than 50% of the vote. The election commission will now count voters’ second and third choices for president – people were asked to mark up to three candidates in order of preference during the election. The first round, which saw the counting of people’s primary choice of candidate, had Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician in the lead with 42.31%. Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa is in second place with 32.76%. In a press conference, the election commission said that…

The final cumulative result of the all-island vote count has been announced by the Election Commission.Accordingly , Anura Kumara Dissanayake polled the most votes with 5,634,915 votes (42.31%). Ahead of the counting of second and third preferential votes, Sajith Premadasa secured 4,363,035 votes (32.76%) and Ranil Wickremesinghe polled third with 2,299,767 votes (17.27%).The counting of second preference of the two leading candidates of the 2024 presidential election has been commenced .Since no candidate has obtained the required percentage of votes at the first count, the preference for the two leading candidates Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa among the other…