Following weeks of campaigning the final few hours before the country's decisive Presidential elections gets underway, these scenes were captured by our photographers.
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Preparations in Colombo for Presidential polls 2015[/caption]
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Ballot boxes being carried to polling stations in Colombo[/caption]
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Ballot boxes being unloaded near Royal College in Colombo[/caption]
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Ballot boxes being carried into DS Senanayake College[/caption]
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Captured here are scenes from Matale election officials seen walking towards polling stations[/caption]
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Ballot boxes being taken to polling stations in Matale[/caption]
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Scenes in Nuwara Eliya[/caption]
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Scenes in Nuwara Eliya[/caption]
In the wake of the ‘outing’ of parliament Speaker Ashoka Ranwala with accusations that his PhD was fake, there has been a flurry of articles on fake degrees.
An eighteen member Presidential Task Force, including President’s secretary was appointed today to implement the ’Clean Sri Lanka’ initiative proposed by the government.
Under the government’s initiative of disposing of high end- luxury vehicles that impose a heavy burden of public funds, other state institutions are barred from purchasing them through state procurement procedure, according to a Treasury circular.
An investigation has been launched on the instructions of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasuriya into an incident where popular author Kasun Mahendra Heenatigala was arrested and allegedly mistreated by the Athurugiriya Police.
Mr. Gihan de Silva has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, the Government Information Department announced.
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