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Sunday, April 8, 2018

UNP Chairman Malik Samarawikrama Has Resigned From His Post

The Chairman of the governing United

National Party(UNP) Malik Samarawikrama had submitted his resignàtation letter from his post to the Party Leader Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe today(08)to pave the way to elect a new party chairman.

UNP General Secretary Kabir Hasheem has also resigned from his post last week.

UNP had appointed a 14 member Committee to elect a new leader ,Two deputy leaders ,General.Secretary and a Chairman to the party under party reforms.The new office bearers of the UNP due to be elected before 30 th of April this year.

Meanwhile Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam has today stated that a cabinet reshuffle is due to be made during this week.

A Person Was Killed Due To A Wild Elephant Attack

A 65 year old person was killed due to a

Wild Elephant attack at Welikanda in Polonnaruwa District early this morning(08).

The deceased who was a resident of Sinhapura,Welikanda area was attacked by the Wild Elephant near his house ,while going in search of food it has been revealed.

Two Persons Were Arrested With A Large Stock Of Cardamom And Cigarette Sticks At Katunayake Airport

A Sri Lankan male and a female were

arrested by the Airport Customs today(08) with a large stock of Cardamom and Cigarette Sticks illegally brought to Sri Lanka from Dubai at the Katunayake ,Bandaranaike International Airport .

Airport customs officers had taken in to custody around 30 Kilo Grammes of Cardamom and a stock of illegal Cigarette sticks in the possession of suspects worth more than Rs.600 million it has been revealed.

The two suspects are residents of Kurunagala and Ja-Ela areas.

Customs had confiscated the stock of cardamom and Cigarette Sticks taken in to custody and released the two suspects on bail.