A Wild Elephant Has Died Due To An Electrocution

A body of a Wild Elephant of the age

around 30 years and died due to an electrocution ,was  recovered in a reserve at Mahindagama in Welikanda ,Polonnaruwa today(18).

Wild Life officers attached to the Welikanda Wild Life office had launched an invesrigatiom over tbe incident and collected evidence from the residents of the area to arrest the culprits who caused the death of the Elephant.

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Government Has Imposed An Import Tariff On Gold For The First Time

Government has decided to impose a 15% import tariff  on the  Gold import to Sri Lanka with effect from midnight yesterday(17) according to the Ministry Of Finance.

This is the first time that the Government had imposed a tariff on Imported Gold as up to now the Gold has considered as Tax free item.

Due to the new tariff imposed ,the Gold Prices are expected to rise it has been reported.

Imprisoned Retired Major General Amal Karunasekare Was Further Remanded

The former director of the Army Intelligence Unit Retired Major General Amal Karunasekare who was arrested and remanded over the encouraging the abduction of former Journalist attached to the Nation newspaper Keith Noyar on 22nd  of  May 2008 ,was remanded further  until 02nd of May by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate Court today (18) after being produced before the court.

The lawyers of the imprisoned Retired Major General had submitted a bail application seeking bail for their client today when the suspect was produced before the court  ,However the Lawyers representing the Government had strongly opposed granting him bail it has been revealed.

The suspect was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over encouraging the abduction of Keith Noyar .