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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended his congratulations to Anura Kumara Dissanayake on being elected as Sri Lanka’s 9th Executive President. Modi also reaffirmed India’s commitment to strengthening bilateral relations under the ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’ and ‘Vision SAGAR’.It is worth noting that, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, was the first foreign envoy to meet with President-elect Dissanayake last night (22), delivering a message from Indian leadership expressing continued cooperation and goodwill.

Sri Lanka is favoured to win the first Test against New Zealand, who need 68 runs with only two wickets left after the fourth day’s play at the Galle International Cricket Stadium yesterday. The first session of the game today will see both teams vying for victory, but New Zealand faces added pressure.It has been a fierce battle between the two teams. New Zealand’s leg-spinner Ajaz Patel took 6 wickets for 90 runs, helping to restrict Sri Lanka’s second innings to 309, just 30 minutes before lunch.New Zealand now has a target of 275 runs, but Sri Lanka’s bowlers, particularly…

National Peoples’ Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as the ninth executive President of Sri Lanka today.The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Presidential Secretariat this morning. 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…

Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardene has resigned from his post with immidiate effect.Gunawardene, in a letter addressed to President-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake has said he is resigning from the post as a new President has been elected and that he would create the environment to appoint a new Cabinet.

The 9th Executive President Honorable Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s inauguration ceremony Now held at the Presidential Secretariat…

Showers will occur at times in Kalutara, Ratnapura, Galle and Matara districts. Several spells of showers may occur in North-western province and in Colombo, Gampaha, Kegalle, Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya sistricts.Showers or thundershowers may occur at a few places in Uva province and in Batticaloa, and Ampara districts during the evening or night. Mainly fair weather will prevail elsewhere.Strong winds about (40-45) kmph can be expected at times over the western slopes of the central hills and in Northern, North-central, North-western and Southern provinces and in Matale and Monaragala district.

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.