LG Polls in 60 LG bodies suspended
Sri Lanka Elections Commissioner has decided to suspend the elections related activities in 60 local bodies to which petitions have been filed following the rejection of nominations for these local bodies.The Deputy Elections Commissioner Mainda Deshpriya told this edition that although elections were originally to be held on March 17 for 301 local bodies earlier, only 241 local bodies will have elections held on that date as scheduled.