Postal Workers attached to the 23 Postal Trade Unions had launched an Island wide continuous strike since 4 p.m this evening (11) by demanding solutions for their service demands it has been reported.
Although Postal workers have launched a Continuous strike ,Post Masters have decided to accept the Bags contains Postal letters to main offices after this noon.
MP Dayasiri Jayasekare has today (11) given a four hour long statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over a charge leveled against him on accepting a Rs.one million money cheque from the Perpetual Treasuries Limited which is the main suspect of the Central Bank Bond scam.
He had arrived in the CID Headquarters in Colombo Fort this morning as he was asked and left this evening after giving the statement.
MP Jayasekare who had resigned from the National Government recently with another 15 Sri Lanka Freedom Party MP's not appeared before the CID previously when he was asked to appear for a statement.
An Elephant Cub around three years old has died at a paddy field in Samagipura,Kantale last evening (11) believes to be due to a worm problem according to reports.
The efforts made by the veterinary Surgeons and the Wildlife officials attached to the Wildlife Office in Mahaweli Zone since last morning (11) failed as the Cub died in the evening.
The Wildlife Office in Kantale are conducting an investigations over the incident.
Puliyankulama Police have arrested a 51 year old person while carrying a stock of Kerala Cannabis weighing 8.560 Kilo Grammes in a Bus traveling Jaffna to Kataragama last night (10) near Puliyankulama Police Station in Vavuniya .
Police have recovered the stock of Kerala Cannabis carried by the suspect which hidden inside a two suspected luggage's in the Bus .The estimated value of the stock of Kerala Cannabis taken in to custody in possession of the suspect is around Rs.1.8 million it has been revealed.
According to the Police .The suspect had purchased the stock of Kerala Cannabis from a Cannabis smuggler in Jaffna and transported to Kataragama at the time of his arrest.
The suspect is due to be produced before the Vavuniya Magistrate Court.