Srilanka

Around 1,100 buses have been requested for transporting ballot boxes for the presidential election.According to the request of the Election Commission, the buses will be deployed for this purpose , said the Sri Lanka Transport Board DGM (Operations) P.H.R.T. Chandrasiri.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Primary Industries and Social Empowerment of Sri Lanka have launched a project aiming to establish a national system for Geographical Indications (GIs).GIs help consumers identify food and other products originating in a particular geographical location, which have unique characteristics, qualities or reputation linked to that location. Well-known GIs include Champagne, from the Champagne region of France, Kampot pepper from Kampot, Cambodia, and Pinggu peaches from the Pinggu district near Beijing, China.

Southern expressway extension will be opened tomorrow, according to the Road Development Authority. The Andarawewa interchange and extends to Mattala via Hambantota. And the other roads can be accessed through the Barawakumbuka, Sooriyawewa, Andarawewa interchanges and Mattala - Hambantota entrance.This extension will provide the experience of switching from one Expressway to another for the first time in Sri Lanka.Accordingly, the public will be able to use the road from Friday midnight.

Muslim women can wear either the burqa or niqab when they come for voting but should remove their face cover at the entrance to the polling centre, Election Commission (EC) Director General Saman Sri Ratnayake said.Speaking to Daily Mirror, he said what was required was to prove her identity inside the polling centre when she was given a ballot paper.