COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's ruling party on Sunday called off its rallies ahead of upcoming parliamentary elections and delayed the international airport's reopening over a surge in virus cases.
"All public meetings where the president and the prime minister were due to attend today, tomorrow and the day after have been cancelled," President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party said in a statement.The party said all their candidates were also told to call off upcoming public gatherings ahead of the Aug 5 poll.Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said Sunday the international airport, which authorities had planned to reopen on Aug 1, would remain closed.
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