Nominations for the upcoming parliamentary election will continue to be accepted again from today until 12 noon on Thursday, Election Commission sources and District Secretaries confirmed.
While the Government has declared a three-day special holiday until Thursday, it has clarified that they are not public holidays. District Secretariats and Divisional Secretariats are among the institutions that are being kept open.
Nominations for the election were not accepted yesterday (16) as the Government had declared it as a public holiday.
Election Commission sources stated that the EC will reassess the situation after the closing of nominations on Thursday on whether to postpone the election with the agreement of the President.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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.
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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