November 01, 2024
Prabhath
This time for the General Election health safety around 8000 health services officers have been deployed for duty, said the Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jasinghe.
The Election Commission introduces special telephone numbers of Election Dispute Resolution Unit
August 05, 2020
The Election Commission has issued a series of telephone numbers and fax numbers to report incidents related to the Parliamentary Election.
VIPs could only engage in voting media footage after 5.00 pm
August 05, 2020All footage of the President, past presidents, Prime Minister, past prime ministers or ministers or current or former Opposition Leaders casting their votes could only be released to the media after the voting is completed after 5.0 pm. The Director-General of the Government Information Department Nalaka Kaluwewa said that no media institution has the authority to release this footage to the media prior to that.
Government Info Dept. to provide official election results together with the Election Com. – Live telecast over New Media
August 05, 2020
The Government Information Department together with the Election Commission will be issuing the election results on the election day and all media institutions could obtain this official information, but such obtained information could only be used by these media institutions in line with the conditions set by the Election Department said the Director General of the Government Information Department Nalaka Kaluwewa.
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