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A Stock Of Smuggled Cigarettes Worth RS.200 Million Taken Into Custody In Orugodawatte

Sri Lanka customs officers have today

(08)taken into custody a stock of smuggled Cigarettes brought to the country from Malaysia in a container yard at Orugodawatte( Colombo).

The estimated value of the stock of smuggled Cigarettes taken Into the custody is around Rs.200 million according to the Customs .

Speaker Suspended Joint Opposition MP Dinesh Gunawardane From Attending Parliament For A One Week Period

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had today (08) suspended the Joint Opposition MP

Dinesh Gunawardane from attending the Parliament sessions for a one week period due to the Disorderly behaviour of the MP during todays parliamentary sessions .

Joint Opposition MP Gunawardane had interrupted the Parliamentary sessions several times without accepting speakers orders in protest of not allowing national freedom front's MP's including MP Wimal Weerawansha to sit In the Parliament independently .

As per the request made by joint opposition MP's a vote was held regarding the suspending of MP Gunawardane from attending Parliament for a week period and 85 MP's voted in favor of the decision while 22 MP's voted against it .

Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran Had Been Issued A Notice To Appear Before The Presidential Commission

Presidential Commission inquiring into Central Bank bond issue had today (08)

issued a notice to former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran to appear before the Commission on this Friday(10)to give evidence regarding the Bond issue.

Presidential Commission had also informed the former finance minister Bandula Gunawardane to appear before the Commission tomorrow(09) to record a statement regarding the Bond issue as per his request .

Accordingly the investigating officers of the Commission are due to record a statement from the former Minister Gunawardane regarding the incident .