The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has launched an investigation over the threats made against Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe by the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket Shammi Silva and former Adviser to the Sports Minister Sudath Chandrasekare it informed to the Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis yesterday (22).
Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe had complained on these threats made by the Sri Lanka Cricket chairman and his Former Adviser to the CID .
The Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana had suspended state Minister of Water Supplies Sanath Nishantha ftom attending Parliament for a two week period over grabbing a set of Docuements from opposition leader Sajith premadasa's during a debate held in Parliament on Monday(20).
State Minister Nishantha had grabbed a set of docuements from the Opposition leader when he was made a speech against former President Mahinda Rajapakshe.Speaker had condemned the indisciplinary act of the State Minister Nishantha.
Two Sluice gates of the Victoria Reservoir had been automatically opened last night (20) due to the overflowing of the reservoir as a result of the heavy showers prevailing in the central hills .
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Four persons including the Director of the Medical Supplies Division (MSD) Dr.Kapila Wikramanayake had been arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Over the importing and supplying of Substandard Human Immunoglobulin injections to the Government hospitals.
According to the Police Spokesman Senior Superintendent Of Police (SSP) Nihal Thalduwa four employees attached to the Medical Supplies Division including the Director of the MSD Dr.Wikramanayake,An Assistant Director,Storekeeper and the Accountant had been arrested and remanded until 29 th of this month after being produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate Court. The suspects were arrested as a part of the ongoing investigation in the supply of Substandard injections he has stated.
According to the reports the value of the substandard injections supplied to the hospitals is around Rupees one billion
