All schools will be closed on November 15 (Friday) in line with the upcoming presidential election, the Education Ministry announced today.
Issuing a statement, the Ministry explained that this decision had been made upon a request made by the Election Commission, to utilise schools as polling or counting centres.
Accordingly, the statement noted that all schools would be handed over to Grama Niladhari offices after school hours on November 14.
The ministry released a list of schools that will be used as counting centres for the presidential election which will be held on November 16.
The schools are as follows;
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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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