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Cabinet decision on provisions for General Election 2024

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8 months ago

October 1, 2024

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Cabinet approval has been granted to ensure provisions for the upcoming General Election.

The 9th parliament of Sri Lanka has been dissolved by the Extra Ordinary Gazette Notification No. 2403/13 dated 24-09-2024 while the General Election is to be held on Nov. 14 this year.

However, no provision has been allocated to conduct the general election by the 2024 budget allocations.

As per the powers vested to the Hon. President, by Article 150(4) of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka to issue the necessary funds from the Consolidated Fund, it has been decided to grant the approval by the Cabinet of Ministers pertaining to the action taken by His Excellency, the President, to release Rs. 5 billion from the Consolidated Fund for the year 2024.

Further, approval has also been granted by the Cabinet of Ministers to allocate 06 billion rupees for the expenses to be settled in the year 2025 related to conducting the general election through the Vote on Account expected to be submitted to the Parliament for the year 2025.

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Ex-chairman of Lindula-Talawakelle UC, remanded

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2 hours ago

June 2, 2025

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Former chairman of the Lindula-Talawakelle Urban Council – Asoka Sepala has been arrested today (June 02).

The Colombo Chief Magistrate has ordered to remand the suspect until June 11.

The former chairman has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for causing a loss of Rs. 2.38 million to the government, during the issuance of a tender to lease stall belonging to the Urban Council.

It is said that instead of awarding the tender to the highest bidder, it was given to a lower bidder, resulting in the aforementioned loss.

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Halloluwa further remanded

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2 hours ago

June 2, 2025

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Former Director of the National Lotteries Board (NLB) – Thusitha Halloluwa, has been further remanded until June 04, by the Fort Chief Magistrate’s Court.

Halloluwa remains in custody over alleged misappropriation of government assets belonging to the NLB.

He was previously arrested and released on bail on May 02 over the alleged misuse of a computer and a mobile phone valued at over Rs. 470,000 during his tenure as the Acting Director of the National Lotteries Board.

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Electricity (Amendment) Bill challenged

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2 hours ago

June 2, 2025

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The Electricity (Amendment) Bill, which was recently tabled in Parliament, has been challenged in the Supreme Court.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court today (June 02) ordered that the petition filed by the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers’ Union requesting a ruling that certain provisions of the Electricity Bill are unconstitutional be taken up for hearing on June 06.

The order was issued when the petition was taken up before a three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Arjuna Obeyesekere and Priyantha Fernando.