Parliamentary Select Committee Probing Easter Sunday Attacks Will Not Be Abolished -Professor Anshu Marasinghe

Parliamentary Select Committee

Probing Easter Sunday attacks will not be abolished under any circumstance and it will be functioned as usual according to a member of the Committee MP Professor Anshu Marasinghe .


The right of the general public to know what really lead to Easter Sunday attacks on 21st of April will be ensured and Even countries like USA And Britain also telecast the proceedings of Probing committees live  he has stressed.

However President Maithripala Sirisena has strongly  criticized the testifying of  Intelligence officials by the select committee Infront of Media by saying it will be a threat  to National security in the country .

Am Extra Ordinary Gazette Notification To Be Issued On Banning The Registration Of New Carpentry Sheds -Enviornment State Minister

Registration of new Carpentry sheds will be banned through an amended  extra ordinary Gazette Notification within a month period accordance to the announcement made  by President Maithripala Sirisena The State Minister of Enviornment  Ajith Mannamperuma has stated.

The traditional Carpentry sheds will not be affected through  this decision at all the State Minister has stressed.

However due to the announcement made by President Maithripala Sirisena on  Enviornment day  that the Carpentry sheds will be shut down and  importing of timber cutting machines  will be suspended to protect the enviornment ,carpennters across the country including ones in Motatuwa had protested against it .

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Three Persons Arrested Over Attempting To Take Rs.30 Million Ransom.From.A Buddhist Monk

Dambulla Police have arrested three

Persons who had made death threats to Chief incumbent of the Dambulla Raja Maha Viharaya (Temple)Venerable Ambagaswewa Rahula Thero and attempting to take a Rs.30 million ransom from him forcibly at Dambulla area .

The three suspects who are of the ages 15,34 and 25 years had contacted the Chief Incumbent Thero on 20th of May and  requested the ransom it has been revealed.

Accordamce to the complaint made by the Thero ,Dambulla police have arrested the three suspects along with 03 mobile phones in their possession .Dambulla police are conducting an investigations over the incident.

A Person Was Arrested With 11 Grammes Of Narcotics in Possession

Ambalanthota Police have today

(09)arrested a 25 year old leading drug smuggler at Rotawala in Ambalanthota area with 11 Grammes of narcotics in his possession

The suspect who is a resident of Rotawala area had been arrested accordance to an information received by Police Intelligence Unit it has been revealed .

The estimated value of the haul of narcotics taken in to custody in possession of the suspect is around Rs.1.2 million .

A Suitable Person To Be Appointed As The Head Of State Intelligence Unit -Defense Secretary

A suitable person will be appointed

soon  for  the post of head of State Intelligence Unit vacated following the resignation of former Head of the unit Deputy Inspector General Of Police  (DIG) Sisira Mendis according to Defense Secretary General Shantha Kottegoda.

A suitable name for the above post will be selected  and send it quickly to the president Maithripala Sirisena  for the approval he has stressed.

DIG SisIra Mendis had resigned from the post of head of the State Intelligence Unit yesterday (08) citing health problems .

President had also requested him to resign from his post it has been revealed. However few weeks days ago President has revealed at a meeting held with Senior Police Officers that he had removed the DIG Mendis from the post .