Mathugama Police have arrested a 33 year old person with a foreign made "Micro "type firearm in possession without a valid license at his home in Kalamulla,Kalutara area today(03).
The suspect was arrested with illegal firearms in possession in an earlier occasions as well according to the Police.He is due to be produced before the Mathugama Magistrate Court.
Transport Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva has today(03) informed the Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe after the Cabinet Meeting on the decision taken by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to request the Prime Minister to resigned from his post .
The co-partner of the current national government Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP's who met last night (02) in Colombo had unanimously decided to request the Prime Minister to step down from his post prior to the no confidence motion handed over to the speaker Karu Jayasuriya by a group of Joint Opposition MP's.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe had met President Maithripala Sirisena at his official residence in Colombo this morning to discuss on the current political crisis.
The no confidence motion submitted against Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe is due to be debated in Parliament tomorrow(04).
Around 35 female Garment Workers attached to a Garment Factory in Wilatthawa,Bingiriya and a Bus Driver were injured and hospitalized this morning (03) after the Bus they were traveling in colliding with a Lorry parked on Arachchikattuwa area on Chilaw-Puttalam main road.
The injured who had faced this incident while on the way to their work place were admitted to the Chilaw Base Hospital for treatment.
The parked Lorry which transported Coconuts to Chilaw from Jaffna was parked after breaking down due to a technical default. Arachchikattuwa Police have arrested the driver of the Bus regarding the accident.
The Southern Provincial Councilor M.K.Kasun and his wife who were arrested and remanded over assaulting a Bus Driver severely on the road at Koswatte,Battaramulla , have been released on bail today(03) Kaduwela Magistrate ,Additional District Judge Preasanna Alwis today(03).
The Additional District Judge Alwis had released the two suspects on two surety bails each of the value Rs,500,000.
The Bus Driver who was assaulted by the two suspects was hospitalized with injuries.