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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe Had Been Requested To Appear Before CID On 17 th

The Criminal Investigations

Department (CID)had requested the former President Mahinda Rajapakshe to appear before the CID on 17 th of August to record a statement over the abducting of the former Journalist attached to "The Nation"paper Keith Noyer.

The request was made through a letter signed by the Deputy Inspector General.Of Police (DIG) Ravi Seneviratne which was handed over to the official residence of former President Rajapakshe at Wijerama Road,Colombo -07 on laSt Sunday (12).

Six intelligence officials were arrested over the abduction and assault case of Keith Noyer on 22 nd of May 2008 and later they were released on bail.

The speaker Karu Jayasuriya and former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe had given statements already to the CID over the incident.

FROM BUDDHISM

A House Owner Was Injured And Hospitalized Due To A Soil Mound Collapse

A house owner had been injured and

hospitalized after a soil mound collapsed in to the Kitchen area of his house located at Kuda Maskeliya area in Maskeliya in the wee hours of this morning (15).

The injured who had gone to the rare part of his house to inspect the collapsed Soil Mound got himself buried under the Soil. Later he was rescued and admitted to the Dikoya Base Hospital for treatment.

The incident had occurred due to the heavy showers prevailing in Western slope area of Central Hills .

Six Private Bus Unions To Launch An Island Wide Strike From Midnight Tonight (15)

Six Private Bus unions including All

Ceylon Private Bus Employees Union and Government Progressive Drivers Union have decided to launch an Island Wide continuous Private Bus Strike from midnight tonight (15) against the newly introduced fine sheet.

However Main Private Bus Union ,The Ceylon Private Bus Owners Union has decided not to support the trade union action it has been revealed.

The All Ceylon Private Bus Employees Union which leads the strike has stated that the authorities should have implemented the old Fine sheet system till creating a Road system equipped with technical cameras and implementing the new Fine sheet system.

A Soil Mound Completely Blocked Transport Activities On Colombo -Hatton Road- Road Was Now Cleared For Traffic

Transport activities of Colombo-Hatton

main road had completely blocked due to a Collapsing of a Soil mound to the road at Watawala area this evening (15).

The authorities had later removed the Soil Mound and cleared the road for traffic.

Soon after the Collapsing of a Soil mound to the road Police have advised the Motorists to use an alternative roads when travelling until the removal of Soil Mound.

Accordingly Motorists were advised to use Ginigathhena-Diyagala -road to travel.

Soil Mound had collapsed as a result of the heavy showers prevailing in the Central Hills at present.