Applications for postal voting of the General Election 2020 will be accepted from 6th to 16th of March, according to Election Commission,Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya.In a Extraordinary Gazette notification issued on Tuesday (2) it was announced that the General Election will be held on the 25th of April and nominations for the election will be called for from the 12th to the 19th of March.Meanwhile, four Extraordinary Gazette notifications pertaining to the administrative functions of the forthcoming General Election were issued last night (03).These gazette notifications are on the deposits from independent groups, the procedure for casting votes, the appointment of returning officers and assistant returning officers.
A group of people representing different religious beliefs gathered to tie white cloths at Borella Cemetery in protest against the cremation of a 20 days old baby died from COVID-19.
US President Donald Trump has announced that he would not attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on 20 January, which would make him only the fourth US President to boycott his successor's..