EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG

Friday, July 12, 2019

Parliament had been adjourned until

23 rd of this month due to not having quorum in the Parliament.

The decision has been taken after today's sessions .

Prime Minister Says He Will Give Evidence Before Parliamentary Select Committee Probing Easter Sunday Attacks

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe

says he will definitely give evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee probing Easter Sunday attacks in the near future, over the attacks.

Although some sections in the society have different opinions on the committee the Judiciary too had accepted the legal validity of the Select committee Prime Minister has stressed .

The committee has been appointed accordance to the requests made by opposition and MP's to probe on the Easter attacks as the pre Intelligence reports of the attacks not circulated among the relevent officials properly he has stressed .

The no confidence motion submitted against the government was baseless and it proved after defeating it he said

A Person Received Arms Training With Zahran Arrested In Maharagama

Police officers attached to Terrorism

Investigations Division (TID ) have arrested a 20 year old person who had received arms training at the camp of Thowheed Jamaath Organization with it's leader Mohommad Zahran at Blackpool in Nuwara Eliya .

The suspect Mohommad Thajudeen Asif Ahmed who is a resident of Dikpitiya ,Aranayaka area was arrested whilst working in a Garment Factory at Maharagama .He had recieved Arms training as well as attended the Advisory classes of Thowheed Jamaath it has been reported .

He has joined the Garment Factory three days back it has been revealed .The suspect was later handed over to Colombo Crimes Division for further questioning.