A woman of German origin holding Sri Lankan citizenship is among an independent group due to hand over nominations to contest from the Galewela Pradeshiya Sabhawa for the upcoming local elections.
The group placed their deposit to contest the elections.
The woman who is known to be operating a farm in the area and carrying out social service work has been living in the area for several years.
Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan has been arrested by the CID in Batticaloa.
A person who carried a nine millimeter fire arm to the departure terminal of the Bandaranike International airport was arrested by airport police yesterday.
Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will today jointly launch the signalling system for the Maho - Anuradhapura railway line.
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