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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

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A Three Wheeler And A Trade Stall Have Been Damaged Due To A Fallen Tree In Ambalanthota

A three wheeler and a trade stall in the road side have been damaged due to a falling down of a huge Mara Tree located at Thawaluwila area in Ambalanthota on Colombo-Kataragama main road to the ground this morning(13).

A communication line post had also collapsed to the ground due to this ,However no one got injured due to the incident it has been revealed.

Due to the fallen Tree, Transport activities on the Colombo-Kataragama main road have been disrupted it has been reported.

The fallen tree was removed from the road by the Police with the assistance of residents and Ambalanthota Pradeshiya Sabha members.

Three Sri Lankans Were Arrested With 462 Illegal Cigarette Cartons

Three Sri Lankan house maids including two females and a male have been arrested by the Anti Narcotic Unit of the Airport Customs while attempting to smuggle 462 foreign made Cigarette cartons which contains more than 41,000 Cigarette sticks illegally to the country at Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport this morning(13).

The suspects have arrived in the Island from Dubai and the stock of Cigarette Cartons were concealed in their luggage it has been revealed.

The stock of Cigarette Cartons were confiscated and the suspects have been released under strict warning .

More Than 60 Acres Of Land Destroyed Due To The Fire Erupted In Mahathanna Reserve

More than 60 acres of land belonging to the Mahathanna Mountain reserve at Kotawehera in Wellawaya have been destroyed due to a fire erupted in the reserve since last morning(12)it has been reported.

The fire is still spreading and authorities are still not able to control the fire .The fire caused due to the dry weather condition prevails in the area according to the Disaster Management Center.

An Agreement Has Been Reached To Form A Single UNP Government -Cabinet Members Are Also Due To Be Reduced To 30 Ministers

An agreement has been reached to form a single United National Party(UNP) government with some internal changes of the party as per a proposal made by Backbench MP's of the UNP during the meeting held at Prime Minister's official residence Temple Trees in Colombo between the Backbench MP's and the Prme Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe this morning(13) according to the sources.

A group of UNP Backbenches including MP's Mayantha Dissanayake,Nalin Bandara,Hector Appuhamy and Kavinda Jayawardane were participated this meeting .

At present UNP have 107 members in the Parliament and the Party is short of 08 members to form a stable government,However 10 MP's attached to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party have agreed to join the UNP government to make the forming of a single Government a reality it has been revealed.

UNP is also considering to reduce the number of Cabinet members in the new government to 30 Ministers it has been announced.President Maithripala Sirisena was also informed over the UNP's decision on forming a single government and President has no objection over it according to sources.

Meanwhile requests are pouring in towards the UNP leadership to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe from the Party Leader and Prime Minister posts due to the election defeat and replace him with either MP Sajith Premadasa or Speaker Karu Jayasuriya it has been revealed.

Due to this situation the UNP Parliamentary Group is due to meet Prime Minister Wikramasinghe this evening to discuss on the conflict arisen in UNP and plans to suggest the Prime Minister to step down from the post according to reports.