Colombo Urban Council has today(23) informed the Supreme Court that the Council will not dispose the Colombo Garbage to the Meethotamulle Garbage mound anymore .
The Supreme Court was informed on this after the fundamental rights petition filed by a group of residents in Meethotamulle area seeking issuing of a court order to ban disposing Garbage at the Garbage Mound taken into consideration today.
The attorney at law representing behalf of the Colombo Urban Council has informed the Court that the Council will prepare an alternative programme to dispose Colombo Garbage .
The Executive Director of the Sri Lanka Institute Of Policy Studies Dr.Saman Kalegama has passed away today at the age of 58 while touring Thailand it has been announced.
The well known scholar of Sri Lanka Dr.Kelegama has served as a consultant economist and a policy maker .He was a regular speaker in local and international economic conferences .
Police have today (23) arrested the convener of the Inter University Students Federation Lahiru Weerasekare and Engineering Student of the University Of Moratuwa Faizar Ahamed over forcibly entering the Ministry Of Health and damaged it's property on last Wednesday(21) .
The Police Officers attached to the Maradana Police have arrested the Convener of the IUSF and other student after a press briefing conducted by them in Maradana this morning.
After taken the suspects to the Maradana Police they have been questioned over the damaging of Health Ministry property and thereafter arrested them.
After being produced before the Maligakande Magistrate Court the suspected student activists have been remanded until 05th of July .