The Sri Lanka Police have urged citizens to celebrate the results peacefully, regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, and to support law enforcement in maintaining order throughout the country.

Security at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has reportedly been tightened to conduct search operations.

The government has declared September 23 (Monday) as a special government holiday.

Former President Maithripala Sirisena said this morning after casting his vote in Polonnaruwa, that he will support whoever is elected President in this election.

A 35-year-old woman, a leading lawyer, was hacked to death with a machete at her residence at Pengiriwatta by the driver of the house, police said.

The voter turnout percentages for the 2024 Presidential Election have been released as polling closed at 4:00 p.m. today.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe will peacefully transfer power to the newly elected President if he loses, National People’s Power (NPP) Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today.

There is no reason to leave the country when approaching a victorious election with a winning mindset. The public is more intelligent than certain politicians, Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa said after casting his vote at at the D.A. Rajapaks

A differently abled elderly lady arrives on a wheel chair to cast her vote at the Presidential election 2024 in Gampaha Sri Lanka today. More than 17 million people are electing a new President of Sri Lanka today. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana

The recently concluded presidential election will go down in history as the most peaceful ever held in Sri Lanka, according to the Election Commission.

It is up to the people of this county to decide whether the nation is going for a new political, new export economy and for a new social structure, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told journalists after casting his vote today.

Voting of the Presidential election concluded at 4:00 PM today.

The presidential candidates cast their votes this morning in the 2024 presidential election.

A sixty-eight-year-old person who was an observer representing the Samagi Jana Balawega (SJB) at the Sivali Central College polling centre, Ratnapura died of a sudden cardiac arrest, Ratnapura police said.

The Election Commission said the ballot papers marked with pencils will not be rejected and therefore voters should not harbour unnecessary concerns.

The first result of the 2024 Presidential election can be released by midnight today, Election Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake said.

Dan Priyasad, who arrived at the Katunayake Airport to leave for Dubai, was turned back by the officials of the Katunayake Airport Immigration Department last night due to a atravel ban imposed on him.

Chairman of the Election Commission of Russia Shevchenko Evgenii who is part of an election monitoring mission in Sri Lanka offered insights on electronic voting to be adopted in Sri Lanka instead of paper ballots.

Up to 30,000 people in two cities in central Japan have been ordered to evacuate after weather forecasters warned of major flooding caused by heavy rain.

A curfew will be imposed if the need arises and it will be enforced strictly if violence erupts, Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles told journalists today.

Voter turnout for the Presidential election 2024 was 20 percent in most of the districts as of 10 a.m. today, according to the Returning Officers in the respective districts.

Ukraine has banned use of the Telegram messaging app on official devices used by government officials, military personnel and critical workers because it believes its enemy Russia can spy on both messages and users, a top security body said on Friday

Today (21) has been designated as a rest day for the first Test match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. This break allows Sri Lankan players to participate in the presidential election taking place today.

Thirty five cases of election law violations were reported during the first three hours after polling began at 7.00 am today, according to a polls observer group.

The Commonwealth Election Monitoring team visited polling centres in Colombo to observe the progress of the ongoing election. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe

Sri Lankans will go to the polls today to elect the ninth Executive President of Sri Lanka to run the country for a period of five years. The presidential poll holds significance this time since it is the first election to be conducted after the coun

Panic buying was reported at Manning Market in Peliyagoda today during the eve of the presidential poll 2024 with people hurriedly buying stuff such as vegetables sufficient enough in anticipation of disruption to normalcy in the post-election period

In reference to Sri Lanka agreeing in principle on the restructuring of commercial debts (ISB), Chairman of Advocata Institute Murtaza Jafferjee said it was a game changer on the path to debt sustainability.

Colombo Central Bus Stand seen crowded with people heading home in the outstations in view of the presidential poll. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja