Major power failure affects homes and transport In UK

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49300025

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Kerala rains: Kochi airport shut for few days

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/heavy-rains-in-kerala-seven-districts-shut-schools-one-die-in--1565239505285.html

Sri Lankan Airlines Suspended It's Flights To Cochin In India Due To Floods

The Sri Lankan Airlines Flights from Katunayake ,International Airport to Cochin in South West Coast of India had been temporarily suspended until 11 th of August due to the floods prevailed in Cochin the Sri Lankan Airlines has announced.

Due to the heavy showers prevailing in Cochin area also known as "Kochi" the Airport Authorities in India have decided  to suspend all flight operations at Cochin Airport unil 3 p/m on 11th of August it has been revealed .

Court Of Appeal Had Issued An Interim Order Preventing Obstructions Against Disposing Colombo Garbage To Aruwakkalu Garbage Dump

The Court of Appeal had today (09) issued an interim order preventing any obstructions against Disposing Garbage collected in Colombo District  by the Colombo Municipal Council to Aruwakkalu Sanitary Garbage Dump  at Puttalam .

As the Garbage Capacity in Kerawalapitiya Garbage Dump where the Garbage collected in Colombo District has been disposed  had fulfilled ,Ministry of Megapolis and Western Development had suspended the disposal of Colombo Garbage to Kerawalapitiya Dump last Monday (02).Since than Garbage in Colombo City had been collected in roadsides causing a bad smell  ,

However today (09) Colombo Municipal Council had began disposing the Garbage collected in Colombo Roads to Aruwakkalu Garbage Dump .

A Warrant Was Issued To Arrest Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendren

The  Three member Judge panel of the Number one Special High Court in Colombo had today (09) issued an arrest warrant  to arrest and produced the chief suspect of the Central Bank Bond Scam issue Former Governor of the Central Bank Arjuna Mahendren before the court .

The Three member Judge Panel had also ordered the authorities to issue the arrest warrant against former Central Bank Governor in English Language .

The arrest warrant was issued accordance to a request made by the Additional  Solicitor General Priyantha Navana who had appeared in the court behalf of the Attorney General Dappula De Livera in an earlier occasion to issue an arrest warrant against Mahendren .

Indictments had filed against the Former Central Bank Governor over incurred a loss of more than Rs.680 billion to the Central Bank from a large scale fraud  when issuing of Treasury Bonds iu 2015 .

When the case taken in to consideration today seven out of ten suspects of the Bond scam had appeared before the court .

Amnesty International issues travel warning for US

https://www.dw.com/en/amnesty-international-issues-travel-warning-for-us/a-49939151