Puttalam Magistrate Court had ordered the Kalpitiya Police to retain the two Persons arrested whilst transporting 02 Kilo grammes of Ice narcotic at Kalpitiya,area for 72 hours to question .
The two suspects were arrested by the Police Anti narcotic bureau officials recently whilst transporting the stock of Ice narcotic worth around Rs.30 million by a Three whealer .
Opposition parties have criticized the Gocernment on attempting to delay the holding of forthcoming local government elections by ordering District secretaries to not to accept Bonds from candidates running for the elections until further notice.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa as well as,the leader of National Democracy league Anura Kumara Dissanayake had slammed the government on attempting to delay the holding of local government elections theough the order issued by the Cabinet not to accept the Bonds from the candidates .
A letter issued by the secretary to the Mimistry of Public Administration and Home affairs had ordered the District secretaries to not to accept the Bonds from candidates .However the secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration has stated that the cabinet has instructed him to issue this order .
Meanwhile Elections Commissioner had advised the District secreraries to accept bonds from the candidates who are running for the forthcoming local government elections .
The Government pensioners had faced enormous difficulties due to the non paymemt of their Pensions in time this month according to sources.
The payment of Pensions getting delayed due to to the non issuance of funds to the Government banks by the Treassury .Government needs Rs.26 Billion monthly to pay pensions it has been revealed.Meanwhile the secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration had stated that the funds will be released to the Banks today(11)to pay the pensions .
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