560,000 applications for postal votes have been received from public servants for the LG polls on February 10 but 41,000 of them have been rejected as they were erroneously filed and some were received after the due date.
About 560,120 applications have been accepted. The highest number of applications for postal votes have been received from the Kurunegala District and that number is 67,411.
From Kandy District, 48,353, from Anuradhapura District, 45,261, from Gampaha District, 41,049 applications for postal votes have been received.
The least number of applications for postal votes have been received from Mulativu District and that number is 1,558, However, about 2,208 applications have been received from Kilinochchi District, said M. M. Mohammed, the Additional Election Commissioner when he was contacted by Daily News from Kurunegala yesterday (17).
The Sri Lankan government has decided to declare April 26, 2025 (Sunday), a National Day…
The public are urged to avoid coming to venerate the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy…
Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kakunawela today issued an order preventing two suspects, a father and…
The Archbishop of Colombo, His Eminence Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, departed for the Vatican this morning…
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of the convenor of the…
The special exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic, ‘Siri Dalada Wandanawa’, commenced today for the…
