Sri Lanka Navy had arrested 10 Persons and recovered 300 Kilo Grammes of Narcotic believes to be Heroin during a,search operation carried out today(07).
Navy had also taken in to custody two fisheries boat during the search operation .Police Anti Nsrcotic Bureau and Special Task Force personal had assisted the Navy to carry out this,search operation
Litro Gas Company had increased the Prices of LP Gas Cylinders With effect from yesterday(06) the Company has announced.
Accordingly the Litro Gas Company has increased the price of 12.5 KG Gas cylinder by Rs.80 ,5 KG Gas Cylinder by Rs.30 anf 2.3 KG Gas Cylinder by Rs.15 the Company has stated.With this price increase the new price of 12.5 KG LP.Gas Cylinder wil be Rs.4360 ,5 KG LP Gas cylinder is,Rs.1750 and 2.3 KG LP Gas Cylinder will be Rs.815 the Company has stated .
The prices of LP Gas had been increased accordamce to the price mechasnism introduced to be implemented during the first week of every month
Sri Lanka's National Cricketer Dhanushka Gunathilake who is being charged over raping an Australian female was suspended from participating all formats of Cricket with immediate effect by the Executive Board of the Sri Lanka Cricket .He will not consider for any selections after being heard he was arrested over a sexual assault of a female in Australia Sri Lanka Cricket has stated .
Furthermore Sri Lanka Cricket will take necessary steps to Promptly carry out an Inquiry into the alleged offense and upon Conclusion of the aforementioned court case In Australia and steps will be taken to penalize the said player if Found guilty Sri Lanka Cricket has stated through the press release issued today .
Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to emphasize that it adopts a “zero
tolerance” policy for any such conduct by a player and will provide all
the required support to the Australian law enforcement authorities to
carry out an impartial inquiry into the incident.
Meanwhile Dhanushka Gunathilake who was arrested yesterday by the Sydney Police had been remanded until 12th of January by the Sydney High Court Today (07).Court has refused to grant him bail twice it has been reported
The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) had issued landslide warnings to five districts in the island amidst the heavy rail fall that is being experienced these days .
Accordingly landslide warnings had been issued to Badulla ,Kandy ,Kurunagala ,Kegalle and Monaragala Districts and the second stage Landslide warnings had been issued to Badulla(Passara) ,Kandy (Ududumabara ) and Nuwara eliya (Ambagamuwa) districts .
Discussions are currently underway to transform the Sri Lanka Railways Department in to an Authority according to the Minister of Transport ,Highways and Media Bandula Gunawardane .
The transformation of Sri Lanka Railways Department in to an Authority will be done in view of providing a maximum quality service to the public the Minister has stated ,Transformation process will not effect to the Employees salaries and the pension scheme he had stressed