The Elections Commission has summoned a meeting of party secretaries on December 4 to discuss preparations for the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
The Commission is also expected to take up for discussion about the delayed provincial council elections.
Another proposal to be taken up for discussion would be the proposal to increase the deposit for candidates of the Presidential elections.
According to the proposal the EC wants to increase the deposit for candidates from Political parties (newly registered) to Rs 2.5 million while for independent candidates Rs 3 million.
The Commission is also proposing a non-refundable deposit to prevent persons from collecting nomination papers and not filing them.
(Reporting by Damith Wickremasekara)
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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