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60,000 police officers to be deployed for special duties
60,000 police officers will be deployed for special duties and security during the upcoming presidential election on Saturday. Although the initial plan was to deploy ... Read More
Minimum basic salary for private sector raised to Rs. 21,000 from this month.
The minimum basic salary for private sector employees has been increased to Rs. 21,000, effective from this month. The Labour and Foreign Employment Ministry announced ... Read More
Pre-election period of the Presidential Election is peaceful – CaFFE
The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says the pre-election period of the 2024 Presidential Election was peaceful compared to the other years. However, ... Read More
Unlawful for any presidential candidate to promote their rivals.
The Election Commission has emphasized that it is unlawful for any presidential candidate to promote another candidate during the campaign. The commission stated that candidates ... Read More
CaFFE says that there has been an upsurge in violence
The Executive Director of the CaFFE Manas Makeen, says that there has been an upsurge in violence-related reports about the presidential election in the last ... Read More
Ranil Wickramasinghe is the front-runner in the presidential election.
Rev. Dodampahala Sri Rahula Thero says presidential Ranil Wickramasinghe is the front-runner in the presidential election among the three main candidates, and he is the ... Read More
71 members will be at the election observation mission – EC
The Election Commission has disallowed diplomats of the European Union missions in Colombo to be a part of its monitoring team during the next week’s ... Read More
A person cannot vote using both a cross and a digit at the election.
The Election Commission says, voters can cast the vote by marking a cross in the relevant place of ballet paper in the presidential election. The ... Read More
Year five scholarship examination today.
The department of examination says that the Year five scholarship examination 2024 will be conducted in 2,849 centers today. Commissioner General of examinations Amith Jayasundara ... Read More
Increase the annual payment of ‘Dahamma’ school teachers
Cabinet approval has been received to increase the annual payment of Dahamma school teachers upto 7,500 rupees. Currently an annual payment of 5,000 rupees is ... Read More