Holding an election at this juncture is a matter irrelevant to the Central Bank, said its governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe.

Election commission chairman Nimal Punchihewa has told Central Bank governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe that he would notify the Supreme Court in the event adequate funding is not given to hold the local government polls.

An All-Party Conference is scheduled to be held tomorrow (26) at 4.00 pm at the Presidential Secretariat with the participation of all party leaders representing the Parliament, under the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the President's Media Division (PMD) said.

Journalists in Mullaitivu yesterday (24) marked ‘black January’ to highlight crimes committed against their colleagues in Sri Lanka.

The wife of missing journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda observed a Satyakriya (solemn assertion of truth) to mark 13 years since disappearance.

Slain Tamil journalist Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan has been remembered in Trincomalee on his 17th death anniversary.

Former MP Mujibur Rahman has filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court, seeking an order to hold the local government polls without any let or hindrance.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe told the UNP yesterday (24) to prepare for an election.

General Secretary of the SLFP Dayasiri Jayasekara yesterday (24) complained to the CID that his signature had been faked into a nomination paper for the local government polls.

The Charge d’affaires of the Chinese embassy in Colombo Mr. Hu Wei is reported to have conveyed to the Most Venerable Mahanayake Thero of the Malwatte Chapter Thibbatuwawe Sri Sumangala Thero, whom he met in Kandy on January 11, 2023, his government’s strong opposition against His Holiness the Dalai Lama visiting Sri Lanka and that if such a visit was allowed by the Sri Lankan government the historical China-Sri Lanka relations will be damaged.