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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to work with incoming President Donald Trump in his final meeting with current US leader Joe Biden.The two met on Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru where they acknowledged “ups and downs” in relations over Biden’s four years in office.But both highlighted progress in lowering tensions on issues such as trade and Taiwan.Analysts say US-China relations could become more volatile when Trump returns to office in two months, driven by factors including a promise to raise tariffs on Chinese imports.The president-elect has pledged 60% tariffs on…

The Cabinet Ministers of the new government will be sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at 10.00 a.m. tomorrow (Nov. 18) at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.The senior spokesman of the National People’s Power (NPP) Tilvin Silva had said earlier that the Cabinet will be limited to 25 or even less and that there will be scientific method in allocation of subjects for the ministries.However, the inaugural session of the Tenth Parliament, comprising of members elected through the 2024 General Election held on November 14, is scheduled to commence on November 21, as…

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by the Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka Peter Breuer, will be in Colombo from November 17 to 23.The team will visit the country to conduct the third review of Sri Lanka’s economic reform program supported by the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF), IMF Spokesperson said.The team, led by IMF Senior Mission Chief Peter Breuer, will assess Sri Lanka’s economic policies, progress on ongoing reforms, and the implementation of previous agreements with the IMF. Upon successful completion of the review, the IMF is expected to release the next installment of the loan…

The Department of Meteorology says that showers or thundershowers will occur in Western, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva and North-western provinces during the evening or night.Fairly heavy showers about 75 mm are likely at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces, according to the Met. Department.Showers may occur at few places in the Northern and Eastern provinces during the morning too.Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning, the department addedThus, the general public is kindly requested to take adequate precautions minimize damages caused…

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has released the all-island final results in the 2024 General Election with the National People’s Power (NPP) securing a resounding victory in the Parliamentary Poll.NPP has won 159 seats including 18 bonus seats after polling a total of over 6.8 million votes, which is 61.56% of the total votes counted.Meanwhile, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) becomes the main opposition party of the tenth Parliament after polling over 1.9 million votes (17.66%) and thereby obtaining 40 seats including 5 bonus seats.Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has won 8 seats including 1 bonus seat, New Democratic Front…

National People’s Power (NPP) Gampaha District Team Leader Vijitha Herath has received the highest number of preference votes in the history of Sri Lanka’s parliamentary polls with an unprecedented 716,715 votes polled at the 2024 General Election. Accordingly, this is the highest number of preferential votes gained by a candidate in the General Election in Sri Lanka’s history and shatters a record set earlier today by fellow NPP candidate and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, when the preferential votes results of the Colombo District were announced. She had received a staggering 655,289 votes in total and in doing so had set a new…

Seven persons including two children were injured when a light truck collided against a train at a railway crossing in Weligama.Police said the collision had occurred due to the driver of the truck disobeying the red signal at the Polwatte, Weligama level crossing, and attempted to pass through.The injured persons have been hospitalised while some are in critical condition, our reporter said.

The much-awaited preferential vote results of the Colombo District in the 2024 General Election have been released with NPP candidate Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya polling the highest number of preference votes and placing first in the district.She has received an unprecedented 655,289 votes in total and in doing so has set a new record for the most preference votes received by a candidate in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election history. Prior to this, the record for the highest number of preference votes obtained by a parliamentary candidate was held by former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who polled 527,364 votes in the…

The National People’s Power (NPP) has already secured a two-thirds majority in Parliament after winning a total of 123 seats in the House in the 2024 General Election. NPP had confirmed its majority power in parliament, which it sought during the election campaigning, after winning a whopping 16 out of the 19 available seats in the Gampaha District.NPP polled a total of 898,759 votes (72%) to win the district while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) placed second with 150,445 votes (12.18%).The NPP has thereby secured 16 seats in the district while the SJB has won the 3 remaining seats. This brings the…

Special search operations conducted by the Navy in the beach vicinities of Vankalai and Silawathurai in Mannar on 13th November 2024 led to the apprehension of 05 suspects who had engaged in illegal night diving to harvest sea cucumbers. The operation also resulted in the seizure of 1055 illegally harvested sea cucumbers.The Sri Lanka Navy carries out regular search operations and patrols in the coastal and sea areas around the island, with a view to preventing illegal fishing practices.During a search operation conducted in the Vankalai beach area, SLNS Pussadewa in the North Central Naval Command apprehended 03 individuals who…