Drones will be banned from the airspace in the Rajagiriya and Welikada areas from today (Oct 5) until Monday, a senior official at the Elections Secretariat said.
The official said that the Air Force has been entrusted with the responsibility of taking action against such drones.
Meanwhile, the polls body has also introduced a regulation stating that only two individuals will be allowed to accompany a candidate handing over nominations for the Presidential elections, on October 7.
Nominations would be accepted between 9 am and 11 am on October 7 while objections to these nominations could be made between 9 am and 11:30 am, the Election Commission said.
The presidential election is to be held on November 16.
(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)
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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