Postmaster General Rohana Abeyratne announced today that all leave granted for postal workers has been cancelled till the conclusion of the Presidential election.He noted that the circular containing details pertaining to this has already been issued.

The Postmaster General went on to note that in case of an emergency, leave will only be granted under his approval.

Meanwhile, the distribution of secured packages containing ballot papers is successfully underway and according to the Postmaster General over 75% of the process has been completed.

• Was the fire in Rajagiriya set by moonshine racketeers?
• Taisei pulled from Central Expressway phase 3 and rewarded with BIA project
• CEB projected to suffer Rs 100bn loss this year ; Why is the CEB hemorrhaging money?
• World Bank says that Sri Lanka has the worst road fatality rates
• The truth behind emergency power outages in Gampaha