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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Two Persons A Sister And Her Brother Were Arrested Over Bringing Eight Cannabis Packets To The Court Premises

Puttalam Police have today(24) arrested an elder sister and her Brother who arrived in Puttalam Court premises to sell Cannabis with Eight Cannabis Packets hidden inside the sister's cloths and a wallet of the brother.

The two told the authorities that they want to deposit money for a court case and arrived in the Court premises it has been revealed.However after checking them a female Police Officer had recovered seven Cannabis Packets in possession of the sister and one Packet inside the wallet of the Brother.

Police have suspected that the two suspects may have attempted to sell the Cannabis Packets to another suspect.

Driver And His Assistant Received Minor Injuries Due To A Road Accident

The driver and his assistant of a Fuel Bowser were received minor injuries after the Bowser they were traveling in veering off the road and colliding in with a bridge at Palwehera area in Dambulle in Dambulle-Habarana main road today(24).

The Fuel Bowser was transporting Fuel from Colombo to fuel storage in Trincomalee at the time of the accident.

A major accident had prevented ,Due to the Bridge located at the place where accident was occurred according to the Motor Traffic Division of Dambulle Police.

Speaker Rejected To Give MP Ravi Karunanayake An Opportunity To Make A Special Statement On Bond Scam Report

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had today (24) rejected to give an opportunity to the former Finance Minister MP Ravi Karunanayake to make a special statement in Parliament regarding the information contains on him in Central Bank Bond Scam report based on standing orders.

Speaker had rejected the request of the MP Karunanayake as it was not a question on Privileges and said that he can give another date for the statement.

Speaker Jayasuriya has also informed MP Karunanayake that he has no question over giving the special statement of the MP To the media.

Debate On Bond Scam And Serious Fraud And Corruption Reports To Be Held On 20th And 21st Of February

The Party Leaders have decided to hold the debate on Central Bank Bond Scam and Serious Fraud and Corruption Commission reports on 20th and 21st of February 2018 it has been announced today(24).

The decision was taken at a All Party Leaders meeting held today at the Parliament under the patronage of Speaker Karu Jayasuriya .

During the meeting it has been decided to convene a special All Party Leaders Meeting during next week under the patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena to discuss on the Bond Scam and Serious Fraud and Corruption Commission reports.