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Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa pledged to abolish the Executive Presidency if he is elected President next month.Premadasa made this pledge during a rally at Ruwanwella.”A number of past Presidents have pledged to abolish the Executive Presidency but never did it. I will do it and introduce a system based on the legislature,” he said.

The National People’s Power (NPP) will bring back former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, who fled to Singapore, to Sri Lanka as the first priority of a NPP government, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.Speaking at a rally in Kiribathgoda, he said the NPP will take over power with plans to raise state revenue and said the NPP government will stop fraud and corruption.He said Rs. 1,100 billion in taxes have been defaulted by various people and assured that the NPP government will recover all the defaulted taxes.”At least Rs. 169 billion can be recovered initially without any issues.…

Today (19) is the Full Moon Poya day of the Sinhala month of Nikini, where many religious services were held in this country, including the holding of the first Dharma Sangayana.Gauthama Buddha’s dharma treasurer, Ananda Thera, passed away on a Nikini Full Moon day, and the construction of the Seruvila Mangala Chaitya started on a Nikini Full Moon day like today.According to the Sasana rules, the Upasampada or senior monks who could not perform the Perawas ritual on the previous full moon day, perform the Pasuwas ritual on this Poya.Ancient Buddhists of Anuradhapura carried bundles of firewood to protect the…

The Sri Lanka Election Commission has released the full list of candidates contesting the 2024 Presidential Election.The list includes the names of all candidates, their assigned symbols, and the order in which they will appear on the ballot.

The Meteorology Department says showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa and North-western provinces and in Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Galle and Matara districts.Fairly heavy showers above 75 mm are likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts.Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places elsewhere over the island during the evening or night, it said.Fairly strong winds of about 30-40 kmph can be expected at times over Western slopes of the central hills and in Northern, North-central and North-western provinces.The general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions to minimize…

Palestinian health officials on Friday reported the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the first case in years in the coastal enclave that has been engulfed in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct. 7.After discovering the child’s symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan’s capital of Amman and the case was confirmed to be polio, the health officials said.The potentially fatal, paralyzing disease mostly strikes children under the age of 5 and typically spreads through contaminated water. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where the spread of polio has never been stopped.The World Health Organization…

National People’s Power (NPP) presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake met with Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith at the Archbishop’s official residence in Borella this afternoon (17th).During the meeting, the Archbishop, along with Assistant Bishop of Colombo Maxwell Silva, Father Anthony, and Father Cyril Gamini, discussed various matters with Dissanayake and offered their blessings for his success in the upcoming presidential election.NPP’s executive member MP Vijitha Herath also attended the meeting.

Government Printer Gangani Liyanage said that she will not be able to issue press statements in the near future due to the implementation of the election law.She mentioned that the printing of ballot papers will be started after a discussion with the Election Commission and that she is prohibited from issuing press statements according to the election law.She said that the leenth of this year’s official ballot paper is more than the 2019 presidential election ballot paper, and that the entire staff of her organization of around 1200 is working to complete the duties related to the election on time.

Sri Lanka began counting its elephants in the wild in an island-wide census on Saturday (17) with a focus on conservation efforts.The census is being conducted by the Department of Wildlife Conservation after a hiatus of 13 years. The last elephant census in 2011 showed that there were 5,879 wild elephants in Sri Lanka.Since then Sri Lanka has lost many elephants due to gun shot wounds, electrocution and being struck by trains. Government data show that the highest number of tuskers have been killed in the Anuradhapura District.1,310 officers will be involved in the Anuradhapura Wildlife Zone for the census, Deputy…

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Matara District Member of Parliament Karunadasa Kodithuwakku has decided to support opposition leader Sajith Premadasa in the upcoming presidential election.