A gazette notification has been issued announcing that the term of the Uva Provincial Council (PC) would end at midnight today (Oct 8).
The gazette has been signed by Uva Governor Maithri Gunaratne.
Following the dissolution of the Uva PC, all nine provincial bodies would stand dissolved in the country.
Sri Lanka has not held a provincial council poll since 2013.
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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