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Saturday, January 20, 2018

Teachers And Principals Will Resort A Trade Union Action If The Authorities Not Arrested The Uva Chief Minister Over Harrasing A Female Principal-Lanka Teachers Union

The president of the Ceylon Teachers Union Joseph

Stalin had today (20)stated that the teachers and Principals of government Schools will resort an island wide trade union action if the Police are not arrested the Chief Minister of Uva Province Chamara Sampath over the charges of harrasing a female by threatening and harrassing the Principal of the Badulle Tamil Girl's collage (Tamil Balika Vidyalaya).

Addressing a press briefing in Colombo today,The president of the Teachers Union Joseph Stalin has said that the Uva Provincial Education Secretary should also reprimanded for allow such a harrasment to take place undermining the Principal who had stated yesterday (19)that she was kneeled down before the Chief Minister on 02nd of January and beg for forgiveness due to the threats and insults levelled against her by the Chief Minister over not honouring a letter of recommendation sent by him to admit a child to the school.

Earlier after revealing the incident the lady principal has denied the reports on she has been threatened by the Chief Minister due to the threats.

The Teachers Union had also requested the President and the Presidential secretary to immedietly intervene the matter and take action against it

Meanwhile the Human Rights Council of Sri Lanka had commenced an investigation over the incident and recorded a statement from the Principal who was subjected to the incident.

A Person Was Arrested Over Killing And Burning Of A Wild Elephant Brutally In Moragoda

Moragolla Police have today (20)arrested a Inhuman

who had brutally killed a Wild Elephant who entered his Corn cultivation and ate Corn by either shot the Elephant or by Electrocution and burnt the body at Unagollawa village in Moragoda .

The suspect Kottawa Gamage Nuwan Kumara who is the owner of the land where the Corn Cultivation is ,burnt the body of the Wild Elephant by using tyres after killing him few days ago to hide the murder it has been revealed.

The suspect is due to be produced before the Anuradhapura Magistrate Court according to Police.

Killing of an Elephant considered as a crime in Sri Lanka and laws have been introduced recently to impose strict punishments over the Elephant killers.

A Person Was Killed And Two Others Got Injured After A Sand Mount Collapsed Over Them At A Construction Site

A person was killed and two others were critically

injured and hospitalized after a sand mount of a newly contructed bund had collapsed over them at Asgiriya in Kandy around 10.30 a.m today (20).

The sand mount collapsed over the three persons who were involved in construction work of the bund and they were rescued by the residents of the area and The police officers along with the Kandy Fire brigade officials it has been revealed.

The three critically injured were rushed to the Kandy Teaching Hospital where one had succumbed to his injuries before admission.The other two persons who got injured due to the incident are currently receiving treatment in Kandy Teaching Hospital.

The deceased had been identified as a 44 year old resident of Harispattuwa area and the two injured persons too are residents of same area it has been reported.

No permission had been taken from the Kandy Urban Council for the construction work of the bund at Asgiriya where the incident had occurred according to reports.

A Large Size Right Foot Print On A Rock Had Been Recovered At A Reserve Near "Sripada"

A large size right foot print on a large rock at a forest

reserve in Gardimore area near the historic 'Sripada" at Maskeliya had been recovered by a group of Estate workers today (20)it has been reported.The large size foot print of a left foot is also there on the same rock but it was deleted the reports said.

The group of Estate workers who have recovered the large size foot print had bathed in with saffron water and worshipped it according to the Maskeliya Police.

The rock with the large size foot print is situated in Gardimore reserve of the upper part of Maussakale Reservoir.

Maskeliya Police are investigating on the foot print and informed on the incident to the Department Of Archeology it has been revealed.