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PUBLIC HEALTH WARNINGS ISSUED AS A DUST STORM HIT AUSTRALIA

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UNP Leader And Premier Ranil Wikramasinghe Has Challanged The Minority Government To Defeat The Proposal on cutting off the Expenditure Of Prime Minister 's office

Constitutionally elected Premier Ranil

Wikramasinghe today (21)Challanged the minority government of Appointed Premier Mahinda Rajapakshe to defeat the proposal submitted by United National Front government to cut off expenditure in Prime Minister's office ,if the government has majority in Parliament.

If the new government does not have the majority they will opposing it ,he says during a meeting held at Temple Trees in Colombo.

United National Front government not only have the majority of support in Parliament also a majority of support in the country Premier Wikramasinghe has said .

Meanwhile addressing a media briefing held at Temple Trees the leader of the House Lakshman Kiriella has said they will not giving up the struggle against Constitutional conspiracy .

As the minority government has lost the no confidence motion the new appointments made by the government have cancelled 

Thirteen Tea Pluckers Had Been Hospitalized Due To A Wasp Attack

Thirteen Tea Pluckers including Twelve

Females and a Male have been injured and hospitalized due to a Wasp attack whilst plucking Tea Leaves at a Tea Factory area in  Dambethanna Tea Estate in Haputale this noon (21).

The injured Tea Estate Workers had been admitted to Haputale District Hospital for treatment. Their condition is not serious it has been revealed . 

A Group Of UNP Parliamentarians Handed Over A Petition To Parliament Secrerary Against Releasing Funds To Minority Government

A group of United National Party (UNP)

MP's have handed over a petition to the General secretary of the Parliament today (21)stating Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Minister's, State Minister and their personal staff of the new minority government have no power to control state funds as per the 148 th article of the constitution regarding controlling state funds , as the speaker has declared he has no confidence on Cabinet Ministers and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe   on 15th of November.

It will be illegal to release funds to pay salaries and other perks to above mentioned members from the state fund from 15th of November the Petition argues .Even releasing funds for those members to  travel abroad and to travel from Helicopters within the country from the state fund is Anti Constitutional  petition has stressed .

UNP Parliamentarians Dr.Rajitha Senaratne, Ravi Karunanayake, ,Jayampathy Wikramaratna, Arjuna Ranathunge and Mano GaNishan hAve signed the petition. 

Former Actress Turned Politician Geetha Kumarasinghe Handed Over Documents Regarding Removal.Of Her Dual Citizenship To Election Commission Chairman

Actress and former United People's

Freedom Alliance  (UPFA)MP Geetha Kumarasinghe who had lost her MP Post due to a dual citizenship she held  in Sri Lanka and Switzerland today (21)handed over  documents related to removal of her dual citizenship status to the chairman of Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya in view of contesting in a  future general election.

Election Commission chairman is due to submit the documents handed over to him by former MP Kumarasinghe and later informed it to the media it has been reported.

After handing over the documents to Election Commission chairman ,Former actress turned politician Geetha Kumarasinghe has told the media at Election Commission office, that she will definitely contest in next General Election  from Benthara-Elpitiya area.

Minority Government Has Nominated 07 Members To The 12 Member Parliament Select Committee

The minority government of Appointed

Premier Mahinda Rajapakshe has nominaTed  07 members for the Proposed 12 member Parliament select committee and sent the list of their names to the General secretary of the Parliament today (21).

Accordingly the 07 members nominated  by the minority government were Appointed Ministers Dinesh Gunawardana,  Nimal Siripala De Silva ,S.B Dissanayake,Mahinda Samarasinghe,Wimal Weerawansha, Udaya Gammanpila and Thilanga Sumathipala .

However other parties which represents majority in Parliament opposed over allocating  the minority government the majority of members in the committee.Although other parties have opposing it  ,minority government has named 07 members which is  a majority ,to the committee.

However Speaker Karu Jayasuriya is due to finalize the members of the committee

United National Party and other parties of the United National Front government are due to.announce their members nominated for the Parliament Select Committee by this Friday  (23).