A 10 member Consultant team from Britain and Nethetlands is due to arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow ( 06) to visit the "MT New Diamond ship which caught fire last Thursday (03).
The Consultant team is due to arrive at Mattala International Airport in Hambanthota , Sri Lanka and Navy has planned to transport the team to the Ship by Fighter boats from Kalmunai.
The team Comprising of Disaster evaluators, Legal. Advisors and ship consultants .
(04)arrested a male and two females over running a Brothel house at a House in Thalgasmotte area ,Veyangoda on the pretext of a SPA it has been reported.
The raid was carriedout by the police officers attached to Veyangoda Police station under the search warrant obtained from Artanagalla Magistrate .
The suspects that had been arrested were A make manager of the Brothel house and two females assisted him .
The suspects are 29 -42 years old residents of Kakirawa,Veyangoda and Thissamaharama ya areas.
They are due to be produced before the AttanaGalle Magistrate Court.
discharged from hospitals today (05)after full recovery according to Epidemeology Unit.
Accordingly majority of Corona positives that have been discharged today from hospitals were discharged from Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH ) in Angoda .
The total number of Corona positives discharged from hospitals so far had risen to 2918 the unit has stated.
Parliament Canteen arrested by the Bribery Commission officials whilst accepting Rs.60,000 as a bribe from a fruit supplier to accept rotten fruits supplied to Parliament Canteen without refusing, had been remanded until 17 th of September by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne yesterday (04).
The suspect had been produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday.
He was arrested by the Bribery Commission officials whilst accepting Rs. 60,000 as a bribe from the fruit supplier on last Thursday (03).
The suspect had involved in taking bribes from the fruit supplier since long time it has been revealed. Investigations are underway regarding the incident.
The fire occurred in the Crude oil ship "New diamond "transporting 270,000 tonnes of Crude oil to India from Kuwait "has been contained yesterday (04) due to a joint fire dousing mission carried out by Sri Lanka Navy and Airforce it has been revealed.
A navel man of the 23 crew member ship has died due to the fire occurred in the ship on last Thursday (03)at Eastern sea area of Sri Lanka near Sanagamankanda area in Ampara and 22 Naval men of the ship had been rescued by the Navy .
However there 's no threat of reaching oil leaked from the ship towards Sri Lankan shores according to Navy officials.
The fire of the ship which belongs to Panama has occurred due to an explosion of the Boiler in the ship it has been revealed.
Sri Lanka Navy had towed the damaged Crude oil ship towards deap seas yesterday and Sri Lankan officials are due to decide what cause of action need to be taken regarding the ship today .
Indian Navy and Coastal guard force had assisted Sri Lanka Navy amd Airforce during dousing the fire of the ship.
Meanwhile Environmentalists had warned that there's a risk of damaging Sri lanka's enviornment if the oil leaked from the ship has reached Sri Lankan shores.
