Sri Lanka to hold parliamentary election on Aug. 5

Employees from Sri Lankan public and health sectors line up to have their hands sanitized during a postal voting at a polling station in Kirulapone of Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 13, 2020. Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on Aug. 5 which will elect a new 225-member parliament. The postal voting for over 700,000 Sri Lankan officers, who will be on duty on Aug. 5 for the parliamentary election, began on Monday amid special security measures. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua)