The National Peace Council called on the government to change its stance on the Supreme Court interim order restraining Deshabandu Tennakoon and abide by the Supreme Court’s judgment to preserve the integrity of the country’s democracy and the rule of law.
Election Operation Rooms will be established at all police stations and divisional police areas in preparation for the conduct of the presidential election, the Daily Mirror learns. The police officers in charge of each division and the senior DIG in the area will oversee the functioning of the operation rooms once they are set up.
At every presidential election , it is a common phenomenon to see a dozen of candidates or more. Still the contest narrows down to two main candidates and the third one becomes a distant third as per the results of the previous elections.
Despite dozens of Sri Lankan wanted persons out of 164 on the Interpol red notice list being located, local authorities are facing legal and logistical challenges in extraditing suspects to Sri Lanka, the Daily Mirror learns.
A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people including children on Saturday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict a heavy price on the Iran-backed Lebanese group.
Tourist arrivals below expectation: SLTDA
Sri Lanka economy slows ahead of presidential elections
ADB approves USD 100 million for Sri Lanka’s water sector reforms
People’s Bank sets record straight on IT system upgrade
Presidential Election 2024 Sri Lanka decides today
Archaeologists translate stone inscriptions from 1st century BC