It is recommended to employ those who can work both the National languages, to allocate for the special election duties.

Before that, a count of such officers has to be taken and given to the Secretary to H E President.

The committee has recommended employing fewer than 09 positions and the circular for that has to be prepared.

Sri Lanka's major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has insisted on complete power devolution to the provinces through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution since problems over the provincial councils are due to the incomplete devolution of power by successive governments.

TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said yesterday that the respective governments had appointed committees that have made various proposals but the problems over the provincial councils in the country have not been resolved through the years.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) expects nothing less than complete devolution of financial, police and land powers through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said yesterday.

Responding to questions regarding continued refusal of the TNA to appoint a member to the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) to address issues pertaining to the 13th Amendment, as charged by the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) he said, “The JHU is a Sinhalese extremist group, and there is no need to take part in this forum.”

The monk who set himself on fire outside the Kandy Temple yesterday succumbed to his injuries late this evening.

The Buddhist monk set himself on fire outside the Dalada Maligawa Temple demanding an end to cattle slaughter.

The monk is a member of the Sihala Ravaya. Identified as the venerable Bohowatte Indararatna thero, the monk was also a one-time member of the JHU.

UPFA Godakawala Pradehisya Sabha (PS) members   L.H Dharmasiri being the main suspect murdering a woman and her daughter at Kahawatha Kotaketha area has fled the country.

He had fled to Singapore, newspaper reported.

This person was the chief suspect murdering a 51 old woman and 18 years old her daughter on 31 January last year.

UNP Gampaha district parliamentarian Ruwan Wijewardena says that they will put every effort to out vote the government and no idea of mollycoddling the government what-so-ever.

He condemning certain media reports labeling UNP MPs as traitors for cooperating with Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), the UNP said earlier today that members in the government had also closely worked with the foundation.