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Sunday, August 9, 2020

Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe had sworn in as the Prime Minister for the fourth time before his younger brother President Gotabaya Rajapakshe at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya (Temple )this morning (09).

His Cabinet Ministers are scheduled to be sworn in during this week it has been reported According to the amendments made to the Constitution by the Previous good governance government Cabinet Ministers need to be restricted to 30 or less ,Due to this it is being expected that the new Cabinet of the Government to be limited to 26 members .

According to the new amendments to the constitution new Prime Mimister will become more powerful with executive powers than the president according to analysts.

National Election Commission Has Issued Gazette Notification Containing Names Of Parliament Elects

National Election Commission has

issued the Gazette Notification including the names of elected Parliamentarians from the Parliamentary elections held last Wednesday (05).

The gazette Notification had been issued last night and includes the names of 196 Parliament elects of all political parties representing each District.

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Repatriation Of Sri Lankans In Abroad Due To Pandamic Has Re Commenced Yesterday (08)-Group Of Sri Lankans Arrived From UAE ,Qatar And China

A group of Sri Lankans stranded at

United Arab Emirates (UAE),Qatar and China Due to corona pandamic including 16 Embassy staff had arrived at Katunayake International Airport both yesterday (08) and today (09) according to Airport officials.

Accordingly 420 Sri Lankans stranded in United Arab Emirates had arrived at Katunayake Airport from a special flight this morning (09) and another group of 43 Sri Lankans including 16 Embassy staff had arrived at Katunayake Airport from Qatar this morning .

Accordingly special Sri Lankan Airlines Flight Had Brought Back 112 Sri Lankans stranded in China yesterday (08).

"PCR "tests had performed for All these Passangers at the Airport and later they were transported to quarantine Centers for 14 day quarantine process.

Sri Lanka had re commenced the repatriation of Sri Lankans stranded in Foreign countries due to pandamic yesterday (08)after halting it few days back due to the Parliamentary elections.

Eleven Died Due To A Fire At Tower Block In Czech Republic

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-

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Twelve Corona Positives Had Been Discharged From Hospitals Yesterday (08)

A total of 12 Corona positives had been

discharged from Hospitals last morning (08)after full recovery according to Epidemeology Unit.

Accordingly the total number of Corona positives discharged from hospitals so far had risen to 2576 .