Gazette calling for LG polls nominations this week
The gazette calling for nominations for the local government polls will be issued this week, said Election Commission chairman Nimal Punchihewa.
The gazette calling for nominations for the local government polls will be issued this week, said Election Commission chairman Nimal Punchihewa.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) will contest the upcoming local government polls on its own for a majority of the LG bodies, said its general secretary Sagara Kariyawasam.
Public Utilities Commission chairman Janaka Ratnayake has refused to consider any cabinet order to raise electricity tariffs.
The Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Freedom People’s Council and the Supreme Lanka Council are proposed to ally under a leadership council to contest the local government polls, reports lankadeepa.lk.
Ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, presently on vacation in Dubai with his family, is expected back home on January 05.
There are plans to import essential supplies on credit basis outside the tender procedure, say sources at the National Audit Office.
Jaffna has a new acting district secretary in Maradalingam Pratheepan from yesterday (01).
Several more parliamentarians of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) are planning to become independent, "Deshaya" reported.
MPs Wimalaweera Dissanayake and Jagath Kumara have already spoken publicly about their possible breakaway from the party.
The Election Commission has advised the national committee of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to seek legal redress for the questionable appointment of its office-bearers.
A presidential election is likely towards the end of this year in the event the scheduled local government polls are postponed further, according to ‘Divaina’.