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A Person Was Sentenced To 15 Year Rigorous Imprisonment

Puttalam High Court has today (05)

sentenced a 38 year old person a 15 year rigorous imprisonment over raping an underage girl on 09 th of June or a nearby date in 2009 at Dharshanagama ,Anamaduwa area.

The Puttalam High Court Judge had also imposed a Rs.25,000 fine on the accused and if not paying the fine accused will receive an additional one year imprisonment .The Accused was also ordered to pay Rs.100,000 as a compensation to the victim and if not paying he will receive an additional 3 year imprisonment it has been stated.

The Accused is a resident of Dharshanagama in Anamaduwa. 

JVP Presented The 20 Th Amendment On Removing Executive Powers Of President To The Parliament

The leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna

(JVP)has presented the 20th Constitutional Amendment on removing Executive powers of the President to the Parliament today (05).

MP Vijitha Herath has presented the Amendment to the Parliament behalf of JVP which seconded by the JVP Leader MP Anura Kumara Dassanayake.

JVP had earlier handed over the 20 th Amendment to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and General Secretary of the Parliament on 25 th of May and it was gazetted on 09th of July.

Joint Opposition Group MP's were absent during the presentation of 20 th Amendment due to the Jana Balaya protest Rally.

President Maithripala Sirisena waa also attended the Parliament today .

Joint Opposotion Group MP's And Supporters Begun A "Sathyagraha" Campaign

The protesters gathered this evening (05)in front of Lake House Roundabout to attend a Rally organized by the Joint Opposition Group have begun a "Sathyagraha"Campaign approx.an hour ago by lighting candles it has been reported.

Due to the "Sathyagraha"campaign  a heavy traffic is being reported from surrounding roads according to reports.

Meanwhile during the protest Rally held under the patronage of former President Mahinda Rajapakshe this evening near Lake House Roundabout Joint Opposition Members had stated that till  present government goes home  protests  will continue .

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WHO Has Named Sri Lanka As A Country Eliminated Rubella

World Health Organization (WHO) has

today (05) named Sri Lanka as a country eliminated Rubella (German Measels) .

The Certificate regarding the Elimination of Rubella from Sri Lanka has been presented to Sri Lankan Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne today (05) by the Director of World Health Organization's South East Asian Region Dr.Poonam Chetrapal Singh during the ongoing South East Asian Regional WHO Conference at New Dehi  India.

Sri Lanka has been previously awarded the Certificates on Eliminating Malaria in 2015,Eliminating Filaria in 2016 and Eliminating Mother To Child Transmitted Neo Natal Tetanus in 2017 by the WHO.