The Budget 2021 for Tamil National Alliance (TNA) dominated Jaffna Municipal Council (JMC) was defeated for a second time today forcing the Mayor E.Arnold to step down from his post.
The Budget which was defeated earlier was submitted again by the Mayor to the 45 member council today and a vote was called. 21 Councilors voted in favour of the budget while 24 voted against it.
According to the Local government regulations, a new Mayor has to be elected within next two weeks since the official declaration through a gazette notification.
The Deputy Director of the Colombo National Hospital, Dr Rukshan Bellana today declared that he was prepared to face any disciplinary inquiry over the comments he made regarding the medical condition of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The death toll in the Ella bus accident has increased to 15 with 16 others injured.
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