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.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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