The Postal Voting for the Local Government elections due to be held next week has been postponed indefinitely, the Election Commission announced today.
The Commission in a statement said that the postal voting due to be held on February 22,23,24, and 28 has been postponed due to the inability of the Government Printer to provide the ballot papers. to the Commission in time.
The new dates will be announced later, the Commission said.
This was the first official annoucement by the Commission that the Postal voting was being postponed. Earlier there were speculative reports about the postponement when the the Commission was trying to dicuss with the Treasury to obtain funds for the printing of the ballot papers.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has interdicted Colombo Fort Magistrate Kosala Senadheera.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
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Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
Acting Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe, was appointed as the Attorney General of Sri Lanka a short while ago.
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