"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%)

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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.

Elections Commissioner Requested Not To Sell Sunday Newspapers Yesterday And Today Due To Political Ads

The Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya has yesterday(16)requested the Acting Secretary to the Ministry Of Media to avoid selling any of the Sunday Papers yesterday(16) and today(17) due to the political advertisements related to today's election published in those papers.

The election campaigning for  today's Parliamentary Election was ended at midnight  Last Friday.Due to this situation the News Paper Organizations here have released their Sinhala/English and Tamil Sunday Papers to the market on last Friday .

However as those Sunday Papers have been in the paper stalls both Saturday and Sunday as well the Elections Commissioner has made a request from the acting secretary to the Media Ministry  Boralessa to instruct the newspaper organizations not to sell those papers on yesterday and today.

BLUE PERIOD PAINTING OF PABLO PICASSO

Sri Lankan Voters To Cast Their Vote At The Parliamentary Election Scheduled To Be Held Tomorrow (17)

Sri Lankan Parliament

Sri Lankan Voters numbering 150,44490 are due to cast their vote tomorrow(17) at the Parliamentary Election to be held to elect 194 members to the Parliament .

According to the Elections Secretariat 6151 candidates are contesting in this election to secure a Parliamentary Seat and out of them 550 are female candidates.

Eligible Voters are due to cast their vote from 7 a.m to 4 p.m tomorrow at 12,314 polling  centers set up throughout the Island.The Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya has requested the voters to cast their votes as early as possible during the given time and carry the official Ballot Card along with a valid Identity Card with them to the polling center.

According to the Elections Commissioner the Ballot Boxes and Ballot Papers were  transported to the Polling Centers situated throughout the island by this evening.

The Governing United National Party(UNP),United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP) are the main parties contesting for the election.

Two Were Killed And Five Injured Due To A Van Crash In Jaffna

Two persons were killed and five others injured when the Van they traveled in Crashed on to a wall at Kodikamam in Jaffna today(16).

The crashed Van was travelling from Katunayake to Jaffna at the time of the accident according to the Police.The injured were admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.The driver was among the deceased Police have said.

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All Ceylon Health Services Union Requested The Elections Commissioner To Take Action Against Jayawardenapura Hospital Administrators For Violating Election Laws

Jayawardenapura Hospital

The All Ceylon Health Services Union has requested the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya to take a legal  action   against the Administration of Sri Jayawardenapura Hospital and some employees of the hospital who were illegally campaigned for a leading candidate of the ruling United National Party by violating Election Laws.

In a letter sent to the Elections Commissioner the President Of All Ceylon Health Services Union Samantha Koralearachchi has revealed  that besides openly campaigning for the said candidate the administration of Jayawardenepura Hospital has illegally recruited new ward attendants to the hospital after  Dissolved Of Parliament which was
clearly violated the election laws.

WATER LILIES- OIL PAINTING OF FRENCH ARTIST CLAUDE MONET

Around 63,000 Police Personal To Be Deployed For Election Duty On Monday -Inspector General Of Police

Around 63,000 Police Personal are due to be deployed in Election Duty during the Parliamentary Election scheduled to be held on this Monday(17) according to the Inspector General Of Police (IGP)N.K Ilangakoon.

The Police Special Task Force(STF) and Civil Defense Force will assist the police to provide security during the election the IGP has said.

The Police Personal,STF and Civil Defense Force  will provide security to  Election Centers,Counting Centers and will carryout the duties like patrolling and search operations at check points he has stressed.,

POEM OF THE DAY

Public Allow To Travel Free Of Charge For Twelve Hours In Express Highways On Election Day

The Government has decided not to charge any fee from commuters travelling through   All Express Highways in the Country on Election Day(Monday the 17th of August) for 12 hours from 6 a.m to 6 p.m .

This facility will be   provided to facilitate the Public who are travelling outstation areas to vote at the Parliamentary Election scheduled to be held on Monday according to Ministry Of Highways And Investment Promotion.

Police Have Arrested Three Suspects Along With Illegal Ballot Papers,Election Handbills And Political Stickers

The Police have today(15) arrested three suspects who were transporting 1324 Illegal Model Ballot Papers ,323 Election Bills and 1482 small Political Stickers from Three Wheeler at Thalthuoya Area.The suspects  were arrested when the three wheeler they traveled in was checked at a checkpoint in between   Kandahandiya to Galaha Area.

Police have also seized the Three Wheeler which the Ballot Papers and other materials were transported.

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An European Female With 5.5 Killo Grammes Of Cocaine Has Been Arrested At Katunayake Air Port

The Air Port Custom Officers have yesterday(14) arrested an European Female with 12 packets of Narcotic Cocaine worth around Rs.85 Million at the Katunayake Bandaranaike International Air Port .

The Packets containing 5.578 Kilo Grammes of Cocaine were concealed inside the covers of story books and fax rolls  that  female has carried with her according to the Custom Officers.

The female who arrived Katunayake International  Air Port from Peru through an Emirates Flight has planned  to fly Cambodia via Colombo and Kuala Lampur at the time of her arrest.

FOR MENTAL SATISFACTION- AN OIL PAINTING FROM TAMIL NADU

President Sirisene Sacked The Secretaries Of UPFA And SLFP -Also Suspended Their SLFP Membership

Anura Yapa And Susil Premjayantha

The Colombo District Court has issued an enjoining order this evening per the request of President Maithripala Sirisene preventing Susil Premjayantha and Anura Priyadarshana Yapa performing duties as General Secretaries of United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) and Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) receptively until 28th of August.

Besides the Court Order ,President Sirisena as the Chairman of  Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) suspended the membership of both secretaries according to powers vested him through the Party's Constitution.

Both Susil Premjayantha and Anura Priyadarshana Yapa  conducted a press briefing this morning and announced that six out of seven senior SLFP Politicians that President has named for Prime Minister's Post if the UPFA wins the forthcoming election have decided not to accept the premier post.They also requested the President to appoint former President Mahinda Rajapaksha as the prime minister if UPFA wins the election.

As the both secretaries were acted against his decision President Sirisene has got a court order to dysfunction the duties of both secretaries of UPFA and SFP and appointed Professor Vishwa Warnapala and Duminda Disanayake as the acting secretaries of  UPFA and SLFP with immediate effect

According to the Political Critics the latest developments which clearly divided the SLFP in to two groups in the wake of forthcoming election it will affect the vote base of SLFP and UPFA severely .

FROM CREATIVE IDEAS

Seven Senior UPFA Politicians have rejected the President's Offer To Accept The Prime Minister Post

By reacting to the letter sent by President Maithripala Sirisene to former president Mahinda Rajapakshe yesterday by urging that the president will be never appointed former president as the prime minister if the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) wins the forthcoming election,Both the Senior politician of Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) John Seneviratne and the UPFA Secretary Susil Premjayantha have said today(14) that there's no other suitable person to hold Prime Minister's Post of the next government other than former president rajapakshe.

Addressing the media today (14) in Colombo ,Senior Politician John Seneviratne has said that the seven senior politicians that president has been named as the suitable candidate for prime minister ship have decided not to accept the prime minister's post.

According to  secretary to the UPFA Susil Premajayantha all party leaders of UPFA have sent a letter with their signatures to the President  indicating that if UPFA wins former president rajapakshe  should be appointed as the  prime  Minister'

Election Campaigning Activities Of Parliamentary Election To Be Closed At Midnight Tonight

The election campaigning for the Parliamentary Election scheduled to be held on 17th of August (Monday) will be ended at 12 in the midnight tonight .

Engaging  in any election campaign activity after midnight tonight will be illegal according to the Election Secretariat.

As the deadline for campaigning nears the two main parties contesting for the forthcoming election the United National Party(UNP) and United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) are preparing to conduct their final  rallies which are scheduled to be held in Maradana(In Colombo) and in Kurunagala(In North Western Province) respectively.

The final rally of the UNP will be held under the patronage of it's leader Prime Minister Ranil Wikaramasinghe at Maradana tonight and the last rally of UPFA'S election campaign is scheduled to be held at Kurunagala with the participation of their campaign leader the former president mahinda rajapakshe.

The final rally of the leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna(JVP) is due to be held at Aluthkade Kunction in Colombo this evening under the patronage of it's leader Anura Kuamra Dissanayake.

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY

Colombo High Court Judge Has Sentenced A Former Army Major Life Imprisonment For Possessing Heroin

The Colombo High Court Judge Lalith Jayasuriya has today(13) sentenced a former Army Major who  was found guilty of possession of  Six Kilo Grammes Of Heroin   a life imprisonment .

By announcing the life imprisonment sentence for the former Army General the Colombo High Court Judge has stated that although the offense of processing a  large haul of narcotics warranted the Death Sentence he has given life imprisonment sentence as the death sentence had been confined only to the statutory books.

POEM OF THE DAY

Police Have Arrested 700 Persons In Connection Of Violating Election Laws

The Police have so far  arrested 700 persons in connection of violating election laws according to the Department Of Police.

Out of these persons 546 were arrested during 244 raids carried out throughout the island by  Police Teams and 154 were arrested per the complaints made by public  the Department has announced.

"Do Not Fuel Communal Hatred " President Sirisene Has Urged Former President Rajapaksha Through A Strongly Worded Letter

President Sirisene

Through an urgent letter President Maithripala Sirisesna has today(13) requested the former president who is contesting for the forthcoming parliamentary election from United Peoples Freedom Alliance  not to create ethnic disharmony  during the election campaign.

The President has also urged if the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) chaired by him has wins a majority of 113 seats in Parliament at the forthcoming election he as the Executive President and the chairman of UPFA will name  one of the seven senior recognized politicians of  UPFA as the Prime Minister and will not name former president to the post.

The President has also named seven senior politicians of UPFA including former speaker of the Parliament and eldest brother of former president Rajapakshe ,Chamal Rajapakshe as potential candidates for the post of Prime Minister.

In his strongly worded letter sent to the former President Rajapakshe ,President Sirisene has accused former president of fueling communal hatred.

Commonwealth Election Observers Have Stated That Forthcoming Election Seems To Be Cleaner Than Presidential Election

The forthcoming Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election seems to be cleaner then the Presidential Election held on 08th of January as only few election law violations had been reported so far according to the chairman of the Commonwealth Election Observers Team the former President of Malta Dr.George Abela.

The head of the Commonwealth Observers has said during a press briefing held in Colombo today (12) that they will expect the government to conduct a democratic election which gives voters a chance to elect suitable candidates to the Parliament .

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POEM OF THE DAY-FOR THOSE WHO MISSED EACH OTHER

Additional Transport Facilities To Facilitate Outstation Residents During Election Period

The Sri Lanka Transport Commission Board has decided  to provide additional transport services  island wide for outstation residents who are travelling from Colombo to their native areas  from 14th to 18th of August to  cast their votes at the forthcoming Parliamentary Election.

This additional transport facilities will be provided from Colombo and Colombo Suburb areas to outstation areas according to the Transport Commission Board.

Colombo Magistrate Court Has Issued A Notice For Central Bank Governor And His Son In Law To Appear Before The Court

The Colombo Magistrate Court has today(12) issued a notice for the Governor of Central Bank Arjun Mahendran and his son in law Arjun Aloysius to be appeared before the court on 30th of October this year over a case filed against them on the controversial Treasury Bond Issue.

Through the petition which was filed by the United Peoples Freedom Alliance's(UPFA) Provincial Councilor Renuka Perera it is alleged that due to the controversial Treasury Bond Issue government has lost Rs.1393 million.

The opposition UPFA has continuously accusing  that the Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe and Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake are also responsible for this incident and both of them are protecting the accused  Central Bank Governor and his son in law by not taking any action against them.

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Politicians Are Illegally Using 300 State Owned Vehicles For Election Campaign-Transparency International

Some  Politicians who are contesting for the  forthcoming Parliamentary Election are illegally using around 300 state owned vehicles for their election campaign activities according to the Transparency International Sri Lanka Organization.

The vehicles belonging to both Ministers and former Parliamentarians,Provincial Council Chairmans and heads of the government institutions are largely using  in current election campaign activities the Transparency International has said.

Although the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya has requested the political parties to handover the state owned vehicles which are illegally using for election activities by 12 noon today(11) most of the politicians have failed to handover the vehicles before the deadline  it has been reported.

Due to this situation the Elections Commissioner has requested the Police to arrest these state owned vehicles which are illegally using
by politicians for election activities with immediate effect.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY-NEVER HURT ANYONE

Sri Lanka To Export Bananas To China

The Sri Lankan Government has planned to sign an agreement with the  Chinese Government regarding exporting Bananas to China.The agreement s due to be signed shortly between the two governments according to  government sources.

Besides exporting Bananas,The government is planning to exchange information with China on Banana Cultivation Centers and storage places situated in the country.