Connect with us

News

General Election 2024: Nominations close at 12 noon today

Published

on

Acceptance of nomination papers from recognised political parties and independent groups to contest the 2024 General Election will end at 12 noon today (11).

The Election Commission stated that it is possible to handover the nomination papers at the District Secretariat Offices all over the country until 12 noon today (11).

Opportunity to file objections has been provided for one and a half hours after the closing time of accepting nomination papers, the Election Commission stated.

A total of 88 political parties and Independent groups have submitted their nomination papers for the upcoming General Election to the Election Commission as of Wednesday (9). Out of the 88 nominations handed over, 46 are from recognised political parties and 42 from Independent groups.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission has announced the dates for the issuance of ballot papers and marking of postal votes in the 2024 Parliamentary Election.

Accordingly, the marking of postal votes will be held on October 30 and November 4 for all state sector offices, election offices, police stations and police related offices in all the district secretariat offices in the country.

Apart from this, casting of postal votes in other government institutions and military bases is to be held on November 1 and November 4. For those who fail to cast their postal votes on the assigned dates, November 7 and 8 have been designated as additional dates to cast their votes, the Election Commission stated.

Meanwhile, the certification of postal voter lists will be done on October 16 and the issuance and delivery of postal voting ballot papers will be done on October 23.

Delivery of official polling cards to the post office will be done on October 26 and October 27, 31 and November 03 have been designated as special distribution days for official polling cards. The last date for distribution of official polling cards is November 7, 2024.

Election Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake has informed all District Returning Officers and all the District Deputy Assistant Election Commissioners to plan to organise the related work to inform the local officials of the Postal Department about the specified dates.

(Daily News)

(This story, originally published by Daily News has not been edited by SLM staff)

News

Former Eastern Provincial Council member arrested

Published

on

By

Ampara District Organizer of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal party and former member of the Eastern Provincial Council K. Pushpakumar alias Iniya Bharathi has been arrested.

He was arrested over the abduction and disappearance of the former Vice Chancellor of the Eastern University Prof. Subramaniyam Ravindranath.

Sivanathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillayan, the leader of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) and former State Minister, was arrested by the Colombo Criminal Investigation Department at his office in Batticaloa on April 8, over this incident.

He was later detained for 3 months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.

Iniya Bharathi, also known as Kumaraswamy Pushpakumar, was arrested based on information revealed during the interrogation of Pillayan.

Continue Reading

News

e-Revenue Licence system down due to technical glitch, ICTA says

Published

on

By

The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) said the electronic Revenue Licence system (eRL 2.0) is currently unavailable due to a critical technical infrastructure issue.

According to the ICTA, the disruption began on July 3, 2025, and has made vehicle revenue licence issuing services inaccessible.

The unavailability is expected to continue until July 9, 2025.

The ICTA expressed regret for the inconvenience caused to the public and assured that technical teams are working urgently to resolve the issue.

The agency also said that further updates will be shared as work progresses, with an official notice to be issued once services are restored.

Continue Reading

News

Three injured in Kosgama shooting, including 12-year-old girl

Published

on

By

Three people, including a 12-year-old girl, were injured in a shooting incident at Suduwella, Kosgama, early this morning (6), police said.

They said the victims were travelling in a three-wheeler when two individuals on a motorcycle opened fire using a pistol-type weapon.

The injured include a 30-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter, both residents of Avissawella, as well as a 44-year-old man.

All three have been admitted to Avissawella Hospital for treatment.

Police said the motive for the attack and the identities of the suspects have not yet been established.

Kosgama Police are conducting further investigations into the incident.

Continue Reading

Trending

Copyright © 2024 Sri Lanka Mirror. All Rights Reserved