Srilanka

The National Elections Commission will commence calling for nominations from Presidential candidates from nine to eleven in the morning tomorrow and accept any objectionsfrom nine to eleven thirty.For the first time a record number of 33 have placed bonds with the Commission to contest the upcoming Presidential election. The Commission will conclude accepting deposits for a presidential hopeful at 12 noon today.

President Maithripala Sirisena has a clear vision about the country that most leaders in the present era do not have and also has a visionary programme together with determination to prosper this country, said the Deputy Registrar of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya, Ven. Nedagamuwe Vijayamaithri Nayaka Thero.

The President says that the brave soldiers have been able to overcome all hostilities against Motherland at all the times.President Maithripala Sirisena expressed these view at the passing out ceremony held at the Katukurunda Special Forces Training School yesterday (05th) morning. A total of 274 officers including 50 junior Police Inspectors, 183 junior Police Constable and 41 female constables who successfully completed the 76th basic training course at Katukurunda Special Forces Training School were passed out yesterday morning.

Drones will be banned from the airspace in the Rajagiriya and Welikada areas from today (Oct 5) until Monday, a senior official at the Elections Secretariat said.The official said that the Air Force has been entrusted with the responsibility of taking action against such drones.