50,000 Cattle Reported As Dead Due To Floods

According to the Disaster Management Center around 50,000 Cattle dead due to floods occurred inmost parts of the Country during last weeks.

Some Elephants too died according to the Center.

Sri Lankan Tamil Asylum Seeker In Christmas Island, Wounded During A Brawl With Other Detainees

A Sri Lankan Tamil Asylum Seeker was wounded during a brawl at the Detention Center in Christmas Island belongs to Australia and due to flown to Perth for Medical Treatment according to the Australian Media.According to the Australian Department of Immigration a fight broke out between eight Sri Lankans,an Iraqi and kuwati detainees at Christmas Island during the wee hours in Monday morning and as a result a Sri Lankan detainee had his teeth knocked out.

Soon after the fight broke out the staff of the Detention Center's Service Provider were break  out the fight without sustaining any more injuries.

All Schools In Badulla District Closed Tomorrow And The Day After Due To Bad Weather

All Schools in Badulla District of the Uva Province will be closed on 10th and 11th of February due to the disaster situation including land slides occurred following the heavy showers prevails there the Education Secretary of the Uva Province has announced.

Besides the disaster situation schools in the Badulla District are sheltered to the flood victims and the roads in the district too became unusable due to the rain.All schools in the District will be re opened on Monday(14th)according the Education Secretary.

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State Of Emergency Was Extended In Parliament With Majority Of Votes

The State Of Emergency was extended by one month with a majority of 109 votes at the Parliament today.While 121 MP's voted in favor of extending the state of emergency 12 MP's voted against it.

Welfare Camps Set Up In Batticloe And Ampara Districts For Flood Victims To Be Closed

Welfare Camps set up to accommodate the displaced people due to floods in Batticloe and Ampara Districts of Eastern Province are to be closed as the flood waters in these districts now receding and the displaced people can go to their houses according to officials.All welfare camps set up in the Batticloe District are to be closed by tonight and the Camps in Ampara District will closed down tomorrow(09th).

Prime Minister Reveals A Pro- LTTE Plan To Bring War Crimes Allegations Against Sri Lanka

Prime Minister D.M Jayarathne today said in Parliament that the government has learned of a plan of pro-LTTE groups and nations trying to bring the war crimes spot light on Sri Lanka again to the United Nations Human Rights Council(UNHRC) in Geneva.

When proposing a motion to the Parliament to extend the state of emergency by one month the Prime Minister has said that such a motion on war crime allegations against Sri Lanka is to be brought up during the next UNHRC sessions scheduled to be  held in Geneva as revealed by  the diplomatic network.