Srilanka

With Sri Lankafirst ever participation at the Genoa Boat Show, in Italy Sri Lankan companies received remarkable response on the boats displayed at the show. Also they got ample opportunity to meet buyers from across the globe and explore opportunities to connect to the Italian boat building value chain by manufacturing components and linking Sri Lankaexcellent technical capabilities to the Italian boat building industry.

Casting votes for the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election commenced at 47 polling booths, a short while ago, the Galle District Returning Officer Somaratne Vidanapathirana said. Voting commenced at 7.00 a.m. this morning and will continue until 4.00 p.m. this evening.

The total number of voters eligible to cast their ballots stands at 53,384. Among the 155 candidates from recognized political parties, who are running for the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election, will be elected as PS councillors. The voters are required to submit a form of identification accepted by the Elections Commission in order to cast their ballot.

A total number of 800 staff members have been deployed for election duties and the ballot papers have already been directed to the polling booths, a Galle District Counting Officer said.He added that the final result of the election will be announced before 10.00 pm tonight.news.lk will report you detail of the Elpitiya PS election until the release of its final results.

Colombo Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project will be ready for commissioning by end of 2024 and for commercial operation by early 2025.The total cost of the project is US D 2.2 billion, of which USD 1.8 billion will be provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The government of Sri Lanka requested JICA to introduce the LRT model due to its versatility to run in all possible types of alignment.

Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, 23rd Commander of the Army during the 70th Army Day (10 October), commemorated at Galle Face Green this morning (10) coloured with a mammoth parade announced that a total of 210 Officers and 7000 Other Ranks for the first time of the Army history were granted promotions and confirmation of their ranks to coincide with the landmark event.