Election department announced 1163 voting centers would be build up in the area.
4 million 41 thousand 287 people would cast their votes to select 14 representatives in the Ampar district, 3 million47 thousand99 individuals would cast their votes to select 11 representatives fro Batticaloa district in 414 polling centers. 2 million45 thousand 363 individuals would cast their votes to select 10 people’s representatives in the Trincomalee district. 285 polling centers are been constructed in the area this regard.
17 candidates from the Ampara district, 14 candidates from the Batticaloa district and 13 candidates from the Trincomalee district are contesting in the upcoming local council election. | 
10 million 33 thousand 749 individuals selected to cast their votes in the Eastern provincial council which would select 35 members to the provincial council.
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Veteran Tamil playback singer TM Soundararajan passed away in the age of 91 at his residence here on Saturday following a brief illness, family sources said. [
Leader of Bodu Bala Sena(BBS), the Buddhist extremist organization in Sri Lanka, Ven. Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero vowed to hold a conference in Mannar to challenge Mannar Bishop Rayappu Joseph. [
Sri Lanka has ranked high among informal money transfers in the south Asian region last year, a new Gallup study revealed. [
The take off of a Mihin Lanka flight was suspended temporarily at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake due to a mechanical malfunction in the aircraft this afternoon. [
Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated violations reported in the areas where we couldn’t find Temples. [
The Sri Lanka government yesterday expressed concern over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US embassy in Colombo and the Trincomalee Urban Council to jointly establish a public information and activity centre known as the American Corner, without the knowledge or the authorisation of the Sri Lanka External Affairs Ministry. [
A 1 year and 4 months old infant who sustained injuries after being run over by a jeep in a house in the Tangalle area. [
SriLankan Permanent representative to United Nation Maj.Gen.Shavendra Silva says we have spent high price to win freedom. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [