President Sirisene Handed Over Land Deeds For 234 War Displaced Families In Sampur

President Maithripala Sirisena has yesterday (22) handed over land deeds for 234 war displaced families living in Sampur under the Government's Programme of  resettling  Tamils in North and East.

Soon after came to power on 08th of January this year President Sirisene has taken back 818 Acres of land  belonging to the families in North that had been vested with Board Of Investment during previous regime to the government and returned it to the original owners.

POEM OF THE DAY- " BE A FRIEND" BY EDGAR GUEST

Be a friend. You don't need money;
Just a disposition sunny;
Just the wish to help another
Get along some way or other;
Just a kindly hand extended
Out to one who's unbefriended;
Just the will to give or lend,
This will make you someone's friend.

Be a friend. You don't need glory.
Friendship is a simple story.
Pass by trifling errors blindly,
Gaze on honest effort kindly,
Cheer the youth who's bravely trying,
Pity him who's sadly sighing;
Just a little labor spend
On the duties of a friend.

Be a friend. The pay is bigger
(Though not written by a figure)
Than is earned by people clever
In what's merely self-endeavor.
You'll have friends instead of neighbors
For the profits of your labors;
You'll be richer in the end
Than a prince, if you're a friend.

New Cabinet Scheduled To Be Sworn In Within Next Few Days

The Cabinet of the newly elected government is due to be sworn in  before President Maithripala Sirisena either tomorrow (24) or within next few days according to Political Sources.

The new Cabinet will be comprised with around 30-35 Ministers   and Elected MP'S from governing United National Party(UNP) and Sri  Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP)are scheduled to be appointed as Cabinet Ministers under the newly formed National Government the sources said.However the majority of  Ministers in Cabinet will be appointed from governing UNP it has been reported.

Meanwhile  some senior members of Sri Lanka Freedom Party's Central Committee have reported as requested the government to appoint SLFP MP's for  the large ministries like  Finance,Law and Order and Education.

Two Committees Appointed To Prepare A MOU To Form A National Government Handed Over Their Reports

The two committees appointed to prepare a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) to be signed between the governing United National Party(UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) to form a national government have handed over it's final reports  to the President Maithripala Sirisene today(23).

The reports were handed over by two committees comprising six members each  headed by former president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge and MP Elect John Seneviratne of SLFP respectively to the president.These committees were appointed during the SLFP Central Committee Meeting held last Thursday(20).

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

"PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST "(1799) PAINTED BY FEMALE FRENCH ARTIST ROSE ADELAIDE DUCREUX

MALE AND FEMALE ARTISTS PAINTS FEMALE PORTRAITS DIFFERENTLY.THIS FEMALE PORTRAIT PAINTING WAS DONE BY FRENCH FEMALE ARTIST ROSE ADELAIDE DUCREUX.

Elected MP T.B Ekanayake Has Been Removed From Committees Of SLFP And UPFA

Elected MP ,T.B Ekanayake has been removed from the Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) and Executive Committee of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) with effect from today(22) it has been reported.

The former Cultural Affairs Minister of previous government T.B Ekanayake who  is known as loyal to former president Mahinda Rajapakshe had  received two letters from Acting General Secretaries Of SLFP and UPFA ,Duminda Dissanayake and Professor Vishwa Warnapala   respectively informing the decisions of removing him from the committees source said.

No reasons have been given on  decisions of his removal sources have added.

Yesterday(21) elected MP'S Pavithra Wanniarachchi ,S.M Chandrasene and Kumara Welgama were removed from the Executive Committee of  UPFA in the same manner.

POEM OF THE DAY FROM WEB

Sri Lankan Political Parties Not Giving Much Space For Female Candidates Through Their National Lists-PAFFREL

The Election Monitoring Group PAFFREL(Peoples Action For Free And Fair Elections) has said that Sri Lankan Political Parties are not paying much attention to giving more  space for  female candidates when they name  National List MP'S.

Only the governing United National Party(UNP) has named Anoma Gamage as one of their National List MP's yesterday (21)and she is the only female candidate elected through the National List for Parliament at the recently concluded Parliamentary Election.

At the previous election three female candidates entered the Parliament through the National List the Executive  Director Of PAFFREL Rohana Hettiarachchi has said.

At the Parliamentary Election held on last Monday only 11 Female Candidates have been able to getting elected to the Parliament out of  556 Female Candidates contested.

Sri Lankan Was Arrested At Katunayake Air Port When He Attempted Leave Singapore With Rs.Millions Worth Foreign Currency

A Resident of Weligama,Matara(In Southern Province) has been arrested by the Air Port Custom Officers at Katunayake Bandaranaike International Air Port this morning when he attempted to leave Singapore with foreign currency worth  Rs.2.4 million(15,000 US Dollars and 10,000 Saudi Riyals)

The 47 year old suspect was arrested when he was preparing to board a flight to Singapore Custom Officers said.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY

SELF PORTRAIT OF MEXICAN FEMALE ARTIST FRIDA KAHLO (1937) WHICH DEDICATED TO LEON TROTSKY

UPFA And JVP Have Named Eight Defeated Candidates For Their National Lists

While the governing United National Party leadership has decided not to facilitate the  party's parliamentary candidates who got defeated  at the recently concluded election to getting elected to parliament through the national list both the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) Leaderships have paved the way for  eight of their defeated candidates  to getting  elected to Parliament through the national list.

All the three parties have announced their National List MP'S today and UPFA and JVP have included seven and one candidates respectively who  defeated at the election in their national lists.

Out of the 29 National List MP Posts 13 were allocated to UNP,12 for  UPFA and 02 each for JVP and TNA.

POEM OF THE DAY-"REUNION'S WAVES" FROM ALL POETRY COM SITE

When I meet you again for the first time

You will be taller, I will be thinner
You will be happier, I won't be quite there yet
When I see you again for the first time
Our eyes will not recognize each other, but our arms will
Our hearts will sing a song of nostalgia
A song of times long ago
There will never be a more beautiful sound
Relief will fill my body, spill out my eyes
Until we meet again

Government Planning To Propose UNP Senior Leader Karu Jayasuriya For The Parliamentary Speaker's Post

The newly elected government is  planning  to propose the senior leader of  Governing United National Party(UPFA) Karu Jayasuriya for the post of Parliamentary Speaker.The speaker is due to be selected when the new Parliament convened it's first session next month.

However it has been reported that no final decision regarding proposing  the Senior Leader of UNP Jayasuriya for speaker's post has taken yet .

Karu Jayasuriya has not contested the recently concluded Parliamentary Election and he was appointed to the Parliament today through the National List of UNP.

UPFA Sacked Three Of It's Executive Members With Immediate Effect

The acting general secretary of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) Professor Vishwa Warnapala  has today (21)removed  elected MP'S Pavithra Wanniarachchi,S.M Chandrasene and Kumara Welgama  from the UPFA'S Executive Committee with immediate effect.All three of the removed UPFA exco members are also members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) which is the main party attach to UPFA.

The reason behind the removal of these elected MP's not announced as yet.However it is widely believed that the reason for these removals is their opposition of forming a national government between Governing United National Party(UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP).The removed  members who are known as supporters of former president Mahinda Rajapakshe ,have strongly criticized the SLFP'S decision to join the national government during yesterday's Central Committee Meeting of SLFP .After they expressed their views esident Maithripala Sirisene has warned all SLFP Central Committee Members that anyone who are opposing the committee's decisions will be severely punished  .

Meanwhile the sacked UPFA Exco member Kumara Welagama has been removed form the SLFP Central Committee as well by the Party's acting secretary Duminda Dissanayake today.

The SLFP Central Committee has  yesterday decided to Join the National Government formed by UNP and appointed a six member committee headed by former president and SLFP Exco member Mrs.Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumarathunge to examine the possibilities of joining the national government.

PAINTING OF FAMOUS RUSSIAN ARTIST WASSILY KANDINSKY -"COLORFUL LIFE"(1907)

Artist is a person who   feels the heart beet , feelings and emotions of the common people.The tool of expressing their thoughts is call an  Art.Artists should be very sensitive  minded and  general belief is that they are not playing with   feelings of other people.

National Freedom Front Leader Weerawansha Has Arrived At Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division To Give A Statement

The leader of the National Freedom Front elected MP Wimal Weerawansha has arrived short while ago to the headquarters of Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division in Colombo to give a statement regarding an allegation leveled against him before the election regarding his earned assets.

Yesterday the Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division has recorded a statement from the MP's wife Shashi Weerawanshe regarding the same allegation.

Both the National Freedom Front Leader and his wife were charged for obtaining foreign diplomatic passports by producing false details on their date of
birth and the case is still pending at the courts.

Ranil Wikramasinghe Sworn In As New Prime Minister -MOU Has Signed After The Ceremony To Form A National Government

The Prime Minister of the newly elected government Ranil Wikramasinghe has sworn in short while ago  as the new prime minister of the National Government comprising the two main parties the United National Party (UNP) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) at a function held at the Presidential Secretariat.

Soon after the swearing ceremony of  new prime minister the two general secretaries of  United National Party and Sri Lanka Freedom Party ,Kabir Hashim and Duminda Dissanayake respectively signed a Memorandum Of Understanding(MOU) to form a national government with the participation of MP's elected from both parties for 2-3 year period.

The Prime Minister has sworn in before the President Maithripala Sirisene at 10 a.m this morning and Political Party members,the former president Mahinda Rajapakshe and Former Army Commander Field Marshal General Sarath Fonseka were among those participated the event.

POEM OF THE DAY

New Prime Minister Will Become The Second Prime Minister In The History To Be Elected Four Times To The Post

The New Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe is due to  become the second Sri Lankan Prime Minister to be elected to the post four times after he sworn in as Prime Minister before the  President tomorrow.The other Sri Lankan Prime Minister who was elected to the Post four times was late Dudley Senanayake.

Prime Minister Wikramasinghe who contested from Colombo District at the Parliamentary Election held last Monday has received 500,566 votes a highest number of voted received by a Prime Ministerial Candidate in Sri Lankan Political History.

New Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe To Be Sworn In His Post Tomorrow(21)

The Prime Minister of  newly elected government Ranil Wikaramasinghe is due to be sworn in on  his post tomorrow(21) morning  before  the President Maithripala Sirisene .The swearing in ceremony of Prime Minister  will be held at Presidential Secretariat. 

The United National Party(UNP) lead by Prime Minister Wikaramsinghe has won the Parliamentary Election held on last Monday (17) with majority of 106 seats in 225 member Parlaiment.However the UNP has fall 7 seats short of the majority of seats(113) a party required  to get to form a stable government.

The newly elected Cabinet of the new government is scheduled to be sworn in on Monday.

Meanwhile there are rumors spreading within  Political Circles since yesterday that one of the most senior members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) which is the main party belonging to United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) is due to cross over to the government during next few days .The said senior SLFP member has received votes more than one lakh at the recently concluded election sources have added.

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Newly Elected Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe And His Cabinet Due To Be Sworn In This Week

The Prime Minister of the New Government Ranil Wikramasinghe and his new Cabinet scheduled to be sworn  in before President Maithripala Sirisene either today(20) or during this week according to the Political Sources.

Soon after the gazetting of Official Election Results by Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya the Prime Minister and his new cabinet will be sworn in the sources said.

Meanwhile the Prime Minister Wikramasinghe is scheduled to be meet with  other Political Party Leaders in view of to move a national plan most probably after he takes oath as the Prime Minister sources have added.

The United National Party (UNP) lead by new prime minister wikramasinghe fails to win the  113 member majority in the Parliament  and fell six  short of  it  at the concluded Election.However the  UNP is expecting to form the new government with the support of some elected UPFA MP's who are loyal to President Maithripala Sirisene..

The UNP has secured 106 Parliamentary Seats at the election a six short of the majority in 225 member Sri Lankan Parliament,

Former President Rajapakshe Want To Continue His Political Career As a MP

The former President Mahinda Rajapakshe has said yesterday(19)that while respecting the Peoples Mandate given to him at the Parliamentary Election held on last Monday ,he will continue his Political Career and function as MP at the Parliament in view of safeguarding the democracy and the nation.

The former President has also thanked the voters who have voted for United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA)  by  putting confidence on party despite the unprecedented obstacles the Party has faced during the election period.

"THE MUSIC"(GOLD FOIL) -AN OIL PAINT BY AUSTRIAN SYMBOLIST ARTIST GUSTAV KLIMT

People Have Elected Some Corrupt Politicians To The Parliament- Minister Of Ports And Shipping

Minister Ranatunge

Minister Of Ports And Shipping Arjuna Ranatunge has said today(18) that People have elected some of the former MP'S and Minister in  former government who have criminal charges against them and defeated some politicians who worked for the country's development .

As some corrupt politicians elected to the Parliament in this election may launch a silent coups to disrupt government's programmes everyone should keep eye on them in view of ensuring the victory achieved by UNP on 17th of August he has stressed.

The Minister Of Ports and Shipping has revealed this at a meeting held at his election office in Mahara(Gampaha District) to thank the voters who have elected him to the Parliament.

Parliamentary Election Held Last Monday Was The Most Free And Fair ElectionConducted In Recent History- PAFFREL

The Parliamentary Election held last Monday(17) was the most free and fair Election conducted in a peaceful environment in  recent history of the country according to  Executive Director of Election Monitoring Group PAFFREL(Peoples Action For Free And Fair Elections) Rohana Hettiarachchi.

The much  noted difference in this election when compared to recent elections was the Elections Commissioners unbiased decisions taken  over   both the ruling party and opposition parties he has said.

"Around 212 incidents were reported during the election day and none of them were serious ones" the PAFFREL Executive Director has stressed.Police have arrested 35 persons regarding those incidents he has further said.

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Former Executive President Rajapakshe To Be Sworn In As A Normal MP

If sworn in as a MP in the new Parliament the former President Mahinda Rajapakshe will becomes the only Executive President of  the Sri Lankan Political History that sworn in as a MP after being twice getting elected as the  Executive President .

The former president Rajapakshe who lead the election campaign of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) by expecting to become the new Prime Minister have to satisfied with 423,529 Votes he has received from the Kurunagala District(In North Western Province) at the election as the UPFA not able to secure majority of seats in the Parliament to form a new government.

Former President Rajapakshe has received the highest number of preferential votes among st candidates  contested for the Kurunagala District at the election held yesterday(17).

PORTRAIT PAINTING OF ABSTRACT FIGURATIVE FRENCH ARTIST RICHARD BURLET

War Hero Field Marshal General Sarath Fonseka Was Not Able To Elected To The Parliament-People Elected Some Former MP'S With Criminal Charges

The Democratic Party lead by the war hero who guided Sri Lankan Armed Forces to crush LTTE Rebels in 2009 Field Marshal General Sarath Fonseka has not able to secure a single seat in the Parliament at the Sri Lankan Parliamentary  Election held yesterday.Field Marshal Fonseka who was  the former Army Commander had contested for the Colombo District at the election while his wife Mrs.Anoma Fonseka had contested for the Gampaha District from the Democratic Party.

At  the Previous Parliamentary Election field marshal fonseka has won a Parliamentary Seat in Colombo with  higher number of votes and later lost the seat due to the case filed by the previous government against him at the Military Court.

Meanwhile voters in most parts of the country have voted and elected few former MP'S who are having charges against them on Thuggery,Drug Dealing,Importing Ethanol and rape cases  to the Parliament at the yesterday's election while rejecting war hero like Field Marshal Fonseka and most of the intellectuals that should be in the Parliament according to the Political Analysts.

Some of these elected MP'S have cases filed against them at the Police Financial Crimes Investigations Division.There are some actresses also elected to the new parliament who are not having political knowledge at all the analysts have said.

POEM OF THE DAY

United National Party (UNP) Has Secured 106 Parliamentary Seats At The Election To Form Next Government

According to the final result of the Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election held yesterday(17) the United National Party(UNP) has secured 106 Parliamentary Seats including 93 members elected through the vote and 13 members from National List with 5,098,927 Votes (45.66%) and in a position to form the next government.

The other major party United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) chaired by President Maithripala Sirisene has managed to secure 95 Parliamentary Seats in the election with 83 members elected through the vote and 12 elected through the National List.UPFA has received  a total number of 4,732,669 votes (42.38%)at the election.

The Tamil National Alliance(TNA) has became the third major force in the Parliament by securing 16 Parliamentary Seats including 14 through vote and 2 seats through the national list.TNA which contested for the North And Eastern Provinces has received 515,963 votes(4.62%) .

The leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) has secured  6 seats including 4 through the vote and 2 seats through the National List .At the last Parliament the JVP had only 3 members.

The Elections Commissioner is due to made a statement regarding the Election after  releasing the  final  preference votes list of the  candidates .

"There Are No Winners Or Losers In This Election.Lets Develop The country Together" -Newly Elected Prime Minister Ranil Wikaramasinghe

The Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe has said today(18) through a special statement that "There are no winners or losers in this election .Let's develop the country together as a one family". 

Prime Minister wikramasinghe who is also to be sworn in as the newly elected Prime Minister today (18) has also invited all to join hands with the government to build an ethical country with a new political culture.He has thanked all those who have assisted  to conduct a free and fair election.

"Lets work together as the children of one mother for the betterment of the country" Prime Minister has further added.

According to the election results released so far the United National Party(UNP) has secured 92 seats of the 225 member Sri Lankan Parliament and the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) has managed to secure 83 seats.The leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) has secured 4 seats.

Out of the Parliament's 225 members 196 members elected through the election and remaining 29 members  elected through the national list.

Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe And Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Leader Gammanpila Have Accepted The Election Defeat Of UPFA

Both the former president Mahinda Rajapakshe and UPFA (United Peoples Freedom Alliance) candidate Udaya Gammanpila have accepted the election defeat of UPFA according to the election results released so far.

The former president and election campaign leader of UPFA Mahinda Rajapakshe has told the french news agency AFP early this morning that he will accept the defeat of UPFA at the Parliamentary Election according to the election results declared  up to this morning." My dream of becoming the  Prime Minister has faded away .It was a tough fight we  carried out during the election campaign" the former President  has stated.

Meanwhile the UPFA candidate for the Colombo District and the leader of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Udaya Gammanpila has said that although he has accepted the defeat of UPFA the struggle they launched during the election campaign will continue .

Although non of the major party able to secure majority seats in the Parliament  the United National Party (UNP) can form a minority government per the latest election results,UNP has won 11 districts and UPFA  9 districts according to the election results declared up to this morning.

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY-2 - "FOLLOW YOUR HEART "

Voting Of The Parliamentary Election Was Conducted In Peaceful Manner- President/ Elections Commissioner

Both the President Maithrpala Sirisene and Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya have admitted  today that the Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election which concluded this evening was conducted in peaceful manner and no major incidents have reported.

Voters have actively participated in casting
their votes at the election and in most of the areas the voter turnout stands more then 70% according to Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya.

"STARRY NIGHT" A PAINTING OF DUTCH ARTIST VINCENT VAN GOGH

Visit Official Web Site Of Elections Department For Latest Election Results

To view the latest Election Results of the Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election visit 
http://www.slelections.gov.lk/

UNP Won The Galle Polling Division -The First Official Election Result

The Governing United National Party has won the Galle District by majority of votes as the Elections Department has released  Galle District Election Result as the  first official Election Result .


Galle District 

United National Party(UNP)                                                                          33,798 (57.61%)

United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA)                                                      19,613(33.43%)

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP)                                                                  4,777 (8.14%)

POEM OF THE DAY

United National Party (UNP) Received Majority Of Postal Votes In Trincomalee District

Governing United National Party(UNP) has received majority of  Postal Votes in Trincomalee District according to the second postal vote result issued by the  Elections Department .

Postal Vote Result Of Trincomalee District 

United National Party(UNP)                                                                   14,888 Votes (44.22%)

United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA)                                               14,261 Votes (42.36%)

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP)                                                              2,109 Votes(6.26%)

President Sirisene Has Sacked 13 Central Committee Members Of SLFP -Appointed 25 New Members

President Maithripala Sirisene has sacked 13 Central Committee Members of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) mostly the supporters of former President Mahinda Rajapakshe this evening in his  capacity as the SLFP Chairman .

President has already informed his decision of sacking 13 central committee members attached to   the SLFP to Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya.

Former UPFA MP'S Keheliya Rambukwella,Professor G.L Pieris,Johnston Fernando,Susil Premjayantha ,Anura Priyadarshana Yapa ,Arjuna Ranathunga,Dr.Rajitha Senaratne and western provincial Councilor Hirunika Premachandre are among st the central committee members  who have been sacked by the president.

After sacking of these members President has elected 25 new members to the Central Committee of SLFP according to the reports.

UPFA Has Received Majority Of Postal Votes In Ratnapura District

The main opposition party United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) has received  the majority of postal votes in  Ratnapura District as the Postal Vote result of the district has been announced short while ago as  first election result of the Sri Lankan Parliament Election held today(17).

The Postal Vote Result Of Ratnapura District

United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA)                                              11,367 Votes (49.46%)

United National Party(UNP)                                                                     9,673 Votes  (42.09%)


Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)                                                         1808 Votes (7.87%)

THOUGHT OF THE DAY 1

Higher Voter Turnout Reported In Morning Session Of The Election

The voting for the  Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election which began 7 a.m this morning is reported as running in peaceful manner up to now and higher voter turnouts have been reported in most parts of the island.

The voting for the Election which is conducting to elect 196 members to the Sri Lankan Parliament is scheduled to be concluded at 4 p.m this evening.