November 13, 2024
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Massive Security Push for Lanka Election

A military personnel issues tokens for consumers who queue up at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 27, 2022. Fuel filling stations across the country started issuing tokens for consumers from Monday as only limited stocks of fuel were available. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua/IANS)

The Ministry of Education has announced that all schools across the country would be closed on Wednesday and Thursday due to the parliamentary election….reports Asian Lite News

About 90,000 police and security force personnel have been deployed to provide security for the parliamentary election scheduled for Thursday, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.

Police spokesman Nihal Thalduwa told the media that these security personnel have been deployed from Tuesday to ensure a free and fair election and they have hitherto not received complaints of serious instances of election-related violence.

Thalduwa said they have removed 1.36 million illegal election posters by Monday midnight using 1,500 labourers, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Ministry of Education has announced that all schools across the country would be closed on Wednesday and Thursday due to the parliamentary election.

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