The deadline to accept applications for postal voting which was due to end today (Sept 30) has been extended until October 4, the Election Commission said.
Postal voting for the presidential election is scheduled to be held on October 30 and 31.
Police department and elections officials would be able to cast their vote on November 1, the Elections Secretariat said.
The presidential election is to be held on November 16.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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