- The National Election Commission has received a total of 490 complaints related to election law violations via social media within the month from October 11, 2024 to November 11, 2024. Issuing a statement, the Election Commission said after being informed social media companies had removed links and content related to 184 complaints.
- The Department for Registration of Persons has announced that all public services including its one-day service will be unavailable on November 14, 2024. The statement explains that, due to the General Election being held on that day, department staff have been assigned to election duties and therefore, the services will not be operational.
- The Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (SL CERT) says the Department of Meteorology’s official website, which underwent a cyberattack last week, is being restored. According to SLCERT, the cyberattack was reported on November 01, which resulted in the disruption of the website’s services.
- The International Election Observers (IEO) present in the island noted that a peaceful election process throughout the island would pave the way for a free and fair election. Besides, a peaceful post-election season is expected even after the upcoming Parliamentary elections, they added. IEOs representing 10 countries announced this at a joint Press Conference in Colombo.
- The Ministry of Defence has informed former MPs, former Provincial Councillors, political party leaders and political organizations, as well as officers who held executive appointments in the government to surrender the firearms and ammunition issued to them at various periods, before December 30, 2024.
- The Court of Appeal today rejected the bail request of Randev Dinendra John, a director of W.M. Mendis Company, who has been sentenced to imprisonment. The bail application was heard before the bench of Court of Appeal Justices Sobhitha Rajakaruna and Mahen Gopallawa.
- The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced the launch of an immediate investigation at the ministerial level regarding the inclusion of questions of a political nature in a school term exam paper. In a statement, the Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. J.M. Thilaka Jayasundara, noted that relevant officials have already been provided with instructions to address the issue.
- The Department of Examinations has issued a special notice regarding the issuance of exam certificates. Accordingly, the department announces that the issuing of exam certificates will not be carried out on November 14 due to the departmental staff being deployed for election duties.
- The Supreme Court has ordered the extension of the interim injunction issued preventing the execution of a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Wildlife and Forest Conservation under the previous government to release 168 acres of land from the Vidataltivu Nature Reserve associated with the Wilpattu National Park for the establishment of a shrimp farm.
- Sri Lanka Cricket appointed former South African batsman Neil McKenzie as the National Team’s Consultant Coach for a short stint. Accordingly, he will work with a group of Sri Lankan players who departed for South Africa last night to participate in a pre-series camp ahead of the upcoming two-match Test series against South Africa.
