With no funding yet, LG polls likely to be put off again
The Election Commission is unable to hold the local government polls on April 25 without receiving another Rs. 100 million by next week, its chairman Nimal G. Punchihewa has told Neth News.
The Election Commission is unable to hold the local government polls on April 25 without receiving another Rs. 100 million by next week, its chairman Nimal G. Punchihewa has told Neth News.
Around 800 leading gangsters operate throughout the country under 40 organized underworld gangs, police said.
Two govt. ministers encountered strong public opposition as they visited Wariyapola to open a Rs. 250 million cultural centre yesterday (11).
Former Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage was barred from traveling overseas on Friday night ( March 10) by officials of the Department of Immigration and Emigration at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).
The Executive Committee of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has expressed its grave concern at the recent statements made by parliamentarian Premnath Dolawatte and State Minister Shehan Semasinghe referring to an ongoing case in the Supreme Court pertaining to the Local Authorities elections.
FactSeeker, an affiliate of the Sri Lanka Press Institute, has compiled a report on foreign exchange earnings during different regimes since 2002.
A 39-year-old woman in Ragama has been remanded for harassing and beating her teenage stepdaughter after a video showing the harassment has gone viral in social media.
Lawyer Nuwan Bopage has obtained an assurance before courts from the registrar general of persons to mention his race as Sri Lankan in the birth certificate of his son.
Finance state minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya questions as to how the government could provide funds for the local government polls as per a court ruling when there is no money available.
Four out of the five members of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) say they have no part in the decision taken to summon public security minister Tiran Alles before the commission on March 13.