China has given debt-ridden Sri Lanka the financing assurances required by the IMF to unlock a USD 2.9 billion bailout package for the country.
Former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa attended the First International Congress for Women of Influence that was held in Tehran, Iran on Friday.
Returning officers have found issues with a number of nominations handed in for the local government polls.
Chairman of the Tangalle Urban Council W.P. Ariyadasa and member Araliya Erandima left the UPFA and obtained membership of the SJB yesterday (21).
A local polls monitor claims parliament has passed the act to regulate election expenditure in a manner that allows politicians to evade election petitions.
Thushara Sanjeewa Vitharana has been removed as mayor of the Kurunegala Municipal Council effective from December 31, 2022.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe will not allow local government polls to take place despite a date for the election being announced, said former minister P. Harrison.
The Court of Appeal (CA) today issued notice on the Respondents, including, the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Sri Ranga and the other newly elected office of bearers of Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) on the Petition filed by Jaswar Umar Lebbe, the immediate past president of the FFSL.
The Election Commission is uncertain if the newly-passed act to regulate election expenditure will lead to a postponement of the local government polls.
At least seven people were killed and more than 50 others injured after a bus carrying schoolchildren crashed into a van and a three-wheeler in Nuwara Eliya last night (20), police said.
