Prime Minister Rejected To Resign Before No Confidence Motion

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe

has rejected the request made to him by  the Sri Lanka Freedom Party parliamentary group on resigning the post before the debate of no confidence motion submitted against the Prime Minister it has been reported.

Minister Nimal Siripala De Silva had made the resignation request to the Prime Minister today(03) after the Cabinet Mreting behalf of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

Meanwhile Sri Lanka Muslim Congress has decided to vote against the no confidence motion.

The debate of no confidence motion against Prime Minister due to be held tomorrow(04) at the parliament.

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A Person Was Arrested With An Illegal Firearm In Possession

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.

SLFP Parliamentary Group Had Informed The Prime Minister To Resigned From His Post

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 Have Been Injured Due To A Bus-Lorry Collision

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.