The Election Commission today (Oct 7) officially declared that a record 35 presidential candidates would contest at the presidential election on November 16.
Polls Chief Mahinda Deshapriya said that a cost of more than Rs 4 billion would have to be incurred to conduct the election due to the high amount of candidates.
(Captured below are scenes witnessed upon the arrival of presidential candidates to handover their nomination papers at the Elections Secretariat. Pics by Indika Handuwala)
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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