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Extra Ordinary Gazette Notification Regarding implementing The Right To Information Act Has Been issued

The extraordinary Gazette Notification announcing

 the date of  implementing  the Right to information act has been issued last Friday (20).

Accordingly the Right to information act is due to be implemented with effect from 03rd of February.

Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Media Gayantha Karunathilake has been issued the Gazette Notification.

A Police Officer Attached To Mangalagama Police Has Attempted To Commit Suicide

A police officer attached to Mangalagama Police in

Ampara District(Eastern Province) has attempted to commit suicide yesterday (21)by shooting himself .

The Police Officer shooting himself from a firearm belonging to a fellow Police Officer it has been reported.

The critically injured Police Officer was admitted to the Gonagolla  Hospital  and later transferred  to Ampara Hospital for further treatment.He is currently receiving treatment at Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital,

The reason behind  the suicide attempt  has not yet been revealed and Mangalagama Police are conducting an investigation on the incident.

Three 13 Year Old Teenagers Have Drowned And Disappeared In Mahaweli River

Three 13 year old teenagers have yesterday (21)

drowned and disappeared in Mahaweli River at  Dunhinda,Gampola area (Central Province)while bathing it has been reported.

The three teensgers who are residents of Udagama,athgala and Gampola areas have drowned while bathing in Mahaweli River with two other friends  yesterday afternoon according to the Police.

Police ,Navy and residents of the area have launched a joint search operation to rescue the disappeared teenagers.

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Police Task Force Personal Arrested A Person With A Stock Of Wallapatta At Galle

The Special Police Task Force Personal have yesterday

(20)arrested a person with 18 kilo grammes of expensive Wallapatta or Gyrinops which used to make an expensive perfumes ,in his possession illegally at Neluva area in Galle (Southern Province).

The 40 year old suspect was arrested at a house in Neluva area as per a tip received by the Special Police Task Force Personal .

Former Army Commander Field Marshal Minister Sarath Fonseka Given A Five Hour Statement To CID

Minister of Provincial Development and former Army

Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has yesterday (20) given a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)regarding the murder of former Editor of the Sunday Leader Newspaper Lasantha Wikramathunge.

According to the  sources  Minister  Field Marshal Fonseka has given a statement to the CID which lasted for five hours .

The former Sunday Leader was assasinated by a gunman in  aththidiya at Mount Lavinia (Colombo)  on 08th of january 2009 while on hos way to the office.

A Person Was Killed And Six Others Injured Due To An Accident On Southern Expressway

 A 57 year old person was killed and six  others

injured and hospitalized after the Van they were travelling in colliding with a container truck parked near the Kurundugaha sathapma junction entry of Southern Expressway in the wee hours of this morning (21).

The injured were admitted to the karapitiya Teaching Hospital and one of them who was a resident in Panadura died after admission to the Hospital it has been reported.

The Van met with an accident while travelling to Tangalle (Southern Province)from Panadura (Colombo) according to the Elpitiya Police.

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