The National People’s Power (NPP) recorded a convincing victory in the Galle and Hambantota districts returning 12 members to Parliament from the two districts while recording victories in 39 electorates of the results announced so far.
In the Galle district the NPP obtained seven seats while the SJB and the SLPP obtained one seat each. In the Hambantota district the NPP returned five members to Parliament while the SJB and SLPP returned one member each.
The NPP has won the electorates of Kandy, Matale, Laggala, Ratota, Panadura, Bandaragama, Kalutara, Nallur, Jaffna, Minneriya, Medirigiriya, Polonnaruwa, Mahiyanganaya, Viyaluwa, Passara, Hali Ela, Welimada, Bandarawela, Bibila, Eheliyagoda and Aranayake electorates.
The EPDP won the Kayts electorate.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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