Around 150 Persons Have Been Moved To A Safe Place Due To A Landslide Threat At Haldummulla

Around 150 persons belonging to

several families at Bathgoda,  Haldummulla in Badulla District have been evacuated from their houses and moved to a safe place few hours ago  due to a Landslide threat in the area it has been reported.

The evacuated families have been moved to a school nearby as a safety measure according to authorities.

The evacuation of families had begun after rocks from the mountain at Bathgoda began to fall  following the heavy showers prevailed in the area this evening.

The area has been identified as a high risk Landslide area .

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CEO Of Sri Lanka Cricket Ashley De Silva Has Given A Statement To CID On A Financial Fraud

The Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the

Sri Lanka Cricket Ashley De Silva has today (04)given a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department  (CID)regarding a case on higher Officer at the financial Division of Sri Lanka Cricket attempting to deposit US Dollars 5.5 million received by the Cricket Board to his personal account in Hong Kong .

Another four officials attached to Sri Lanka Cricket accompanied the CEO to the CID.

The money was received by the Sri Lanka Cricket over selling telecasting rights to a Company for the  forthcoming Sri Lanka -England Cricket series  .

A higher official attached to Finance Division  at Sri Lanka Cricket has been suspended and  his room was sealed over the incident .

A Person Was Arrested With 100 Grammes Of "Ice" Narcotic In His Possession

Katunayake Airport Police have today

(04)arrested a 22 year old Sri Lankan Passanger arrived in from Chennai, South India with around 100 Grammes of powerful "Ice" Narcotic in his possession at the Katunayake International Airport .

The suspect who is a resident of Grand pass area is a frequent traveller to Chennai to bring textile products from there and he has hidden the haul of Narcotic inside his luggage it has been revealed.

The estimated value of the haul of  Narcotic taken in to custody in possession of the suspect is more than Rs.one million it has been reported.

The arrest was made as per an information received by the Katunayake Police .

A Fire Erupted At Bolgoda Damaged A Chinese Company Store

A large number of goods have been

destroyed due to a fire erupted at a Store belonging to a Chinese Company at Bolgoda area on Bandaragama-Panadura road early this morning  (04).

The fire Brigade attached to Horana Pradishiya Sabha had doused the fire after struggling for  few hours.

Electricity leak has been  identified as the cause of the fire and no casualties have been reported due to it.

The estimated Value of the damage caused due to this  incident has not yet been revealed.