One Kilo Grammes Of Narcotics Stored Inside Oranges Arrested With A Pakistani National

The Air Port Customs Officials have arrested a Pakistani National arrived  at  Katunayake Bandaranaike International Air Port few hours with  12 Oranges contained around 1 killo gramme of narcotics Customs sources said.

The detained Pakistani National who came from Karachchi ,Pakistan has brought around 40 Oranges in a large bag and out of these Oranges 12 have contained the said amount of narcotics sources have added.these narcotics believed to be worth around Rs.1 Million.

The narcotics stored inside Oranges by make a hole inside the fruit.

Opening Of Kottawa-Kaduwela And Galle-Matara Highways Scheduled On March

The opening of the newly built Kottawa-Kaduwela   stretch of outer circular highway and Galle-Matara stretch of Southern Expressway scheduled to be taken place on 08th of March and 15th of March respectively according to Road Development Authority(RDA).

Under the first phase of  building 11 Kilo Meter long outer circular highway of  Kottawa-Kaduwela Stretch  Rs.25 million has been allocated for the construction work RDA has revealed.

Nearly 200 Acres Belongs To Sacred Sri Pada Reserve Has been Destroyed Due To A f

Nearly  200 Acres of  land belongs to the sacred Sri Pada Reserve has destroyed due to the fire spreading  there since last Thursday(05) according to police sources.the fire which broke out near the nallathanni police station in the sri pada reserves has now spreading towards Sri Pada Peek wideness sanctuary sources have added.

The Special Task Force,Army and the Air Force are currently engage in dousing the fire.Police is investigating on a certain organized groups who said to be setting fire to the forest reserves in central mountain region.

Postal Voting Of Western And Southern Provincial Council Elections To Be Held on 13th And 14th Of March

The postal voting of forthcoming Western and Southern Provincial Council Elections is to be held on 13th and 14th of March according to Elections Department.the elections for the two provincial councils scheduled to be held on 29th of March..

The deadline of accepting postal vote applications is 10th of February and those who are not able to cast their postal votes during the two days allocated will be able to cast their votes on 20th of March  through their divisional secretariats department has said.

The 04th and 16th of March are named as special days to distributing poll cards and the distribution process is expected to be completed before 21st of March.

Air Port Customs Arrested 16 Killo Grammes Of Wallapatta At Air Port

Sri Lanka Air Port  Customs has today (07) arrested 16 Killo Grammes of  Wallapatta worth around Rs.1 Million with a 31 year old resident in Colombo suburbs who has tried to carry that to another country.

The Bio Diversity Unit of Air Port is  conducting an inquiry on this matter.

Wstern And Southern Provincial Council Elections To Be Held On 29th Of March

The Elections Department has announced today(06) that the Provincial Council Elections of Western and Southern Provincial Councils will be held on 29th of March.

According to the elections commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya elections department has accepted 123 nomination papers out of 129 papers handed over for the two provincial council elections.. around 3794 contestants are due to contest in this elections to fill 159 seats.

Import Tax And Special Commodity Levy Of Potatoes To Be Increased

The import tax on 1 Killo Grammes of Potatoes to be increased by Rs.15 with effect from midnight tomorrow(07) according to Finance Ministry  sources.besides this increase the special commodity levy of Potatoes too scheduled to be increased to Rs.25 from Rs.10 sources have revealed.

According to the Ministry by increasing the special commodity levy it has expected the potato farmers will be able to sell one killo of potatoes between Rs.75-80 during harvest period.the government has expected a 150,000 metric tonnes of Potatoes this year and planning to make Sri Lanka self sufficient from potatoes by the year 2016.