The Election Commission has sent a list of names to the Constitutional Council seeking to appoint an Elections Commissioner General in line with the upcoming presidential election.
Sources at the Elections Secretariat said that interviews for the post had been conducted this week.
Elections Secretariat Director General Saman Sri Rathnayake had been serving as an Acting Elections Commissioner General to fill the void of a designated individual.
However, the polls body has informed the CC that the presidential election cannot be conducted without a permanent individual appointed to the post.
(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)
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Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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