The Election Commission has gazetted the election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka’s Seventh Executive President following last week’s poll.
Rajapaksa obtained 6.9 million votes with a percentage of 52.2, beating 34 candidates including ruling party candidate Sajith Premadasa who mustered 5.5 million votes.
He will take oaths at the Ruwanwelisaya Buddhist Shrine in Anuradhapura today (Nov 18).
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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