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Eleven Females Including Actress Samanali Fonseka Filed A Petition At Court Against Withdrawal Of Gazette Notifications On Liquor

Eleven women including a so call actress Samanali

Fonseka had filed a fundamental rights petition at Supreme Court yesterday (17)against the withdrawal of two gazette notifications issued by Finanace Ministry regarding removing the ban imposed on local women to purchase liquor,working in liquor bars and selling of liquor and extending business hours of opening the Bars in the country .

The petition has stated that by withdrawing the gazette notifications it violated the equal rights of women.The petition has naned a group of persons including Finance Minister and Attorney General as defendents .

UNP Had Appointed A Three Member Committee To Examine On Bond Scam Report

The ruling United National Party (UNP) has appointed

a three member committee yesterday (17) to examine the Central Bank Bond Scam report.

The Committee was appointed during the  working Committee meeting of the UNP  held yesterday and the Committee will submit it's recommendations  to the working committee it has been stated.

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President Has Ordered The Authorities To Take Stern Action Against Those Responsible For Central Bank Bond Scam

President Maithripala Sirisena had instructed the

authorities including the Attorney General ,The director of Bribery Commission and the Chairman of the Central Bank to take stern action against the culprits responsible for the Central Bank bond scam and take steps to recover  the public money stolen from the culprits it has been reported.

While addressing a public rally held  in Elpitiya area today ,President Sirisena has stated that he had prepared a programme to punish the culprits of Central Bank Bond Scam and came to the rally.

Electricity Board Employees To Launch An Island Wide Strike From Tomorrow (18)As A Protest Against Police Attacks Over Protesting Employees

The employees attached to Joint Trade Union Alliance

of Ceylon Electricity Board have decided to launch an island wide strike from tomorrow (18)to protest against the assaulting of their employees by the Police to rescue Electricity Board chairman who was taken as a hostage by the protesting employees.

The Police teams entered the Ceylon Electricity Board headquarters in Colombo fort around 8 p.m have removed the protesters who surrounded the CEB Chairman Ganegala's office room to rescue the Chairman and during the process Police teams have attacked the Protesters the Trade Union Alliance had claimed.

Ceylon Electricity Board Employees Taken The Board Chairman As A Hostage For More Than Eight Hours-Police Rescued The Chairman

A tense situation was occurred in Ceylon Electricity

Board (CEB) headquarters in Colombo this evening (17)after a group of employees of the Electricity Board had taken Board chairman W.B Ganegala as a hostage for more than eight hours since evening while protesting by demanding solutions for few of their service demands.

The Police and Riot Police officers who had entered the Electricity Board headquarters have rescued the CEB Chairman from the hands of protesting employees few hours ago according to reports.

The Joint Trade Union Alliance of Ceylon Electricity Board which led the protest campaign demanded to solve few of their service problems including removal of salary anomalies.The protesters had  blocked the office room of the CEB chairman during the protest .