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Travel restrictions on those coming from UK lifted
The temporary travel restriction introduced by the government for those coming from the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka on account of the new Covid-19 variant in the UK has been lifted with immediate effect, the Foreign Ministry said.
At a meeting presided by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, it was decided to relax the restrictions on travels from UK subject to 14 days of quarantine and PCR tests as determined by the Health Authorities.
The tourist arrivals from the UK too will resume under the guidelines introduced by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, the ministry said.
The Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake has announced that mobile phones will not be allowed in poling and counting centres.
Accordingly, voters, polling agents, election officials and polls monitors will not be allowed to carry their mobile phones with them when they enter a polling centre or a counting centre ,
Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake says that the Election Commission has received 5214 complaints from 31st July 2024 to 19th September 2024 with regard to the 2024 Presidential Election. Of these, 4680 have been inquired into.
The number of complaints received during the 24 hours ending at 44.30pm on 19th September 2024 is 269 of which 267 are in respect to violation of election laws.
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