The term of the Uva Provincial Council (PC) is set to expire at midnight tomorrow (Oct 8), making all nine provincial councils defunct in the country.
The Uva PC had functioned under five Governors and three Chief Ministers during its term of five years with the majority of the total 34 seats being won by the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA).
At the 2014 provincial council election, the UPFA had won 19 seats while the United National Party and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna had won 13 and two seats respectively.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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