DM, new PM
Veteran politician and SLFP stalwart D.M.
Jayaratne was sworn-in as the country’s new Prime Minister before
President Mahinda Rajapaksa at a simple ceremony held at Temple
Trees yesterday.
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New Parliament meets today
The 14th Parliament will be opened at 8.45 a.m
today. The newly elected 225 members will be sworn-in before the
Speaker who will be elected in the morning. The most significant
feature in the 14th Parliament is that the 225 members will comprise
a large number of newly elected members.
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Kandy district re-poll:
Three get over 100,000 preferential votes
For the first time since the introduction of the
preference voting system, Kandy returned candidates from the same
party who polled over 100,000 preferential votes.
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UNP wins only eight electorates
The United National Party has succeeded in
winning only eight electorates out of the 160 islandwide electorates
at the just concluded elections.
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