EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG

Friday, September 21, 2018

AUSTRALIAN STRAWBERRY NEEDLE SCARE WIDENS AS FEDERAL PROBE IS LAUNCHED

Sri Lankan Airlines To Suspend It's Flights To Hong Kong From 28 th of October

Sri Lankan Airlines have decided to

suspend it's flights to Hong Kong with effect from 28th of October due to lack of profits .

However the Airlines is due to expand its flights to Melbourne ,Australia and to Singapore with effect from 28th of October and 29 th of October respectively.

Accordingly the number of Sri Lankan Airlines Flights fly to Singapore weekly due to be increased from 17 to 21.

Three Persons Had Arrested Over Smuggling A Stock Of Valuable Foreign Flower Plants Without A Quarantine Certificate

Airport Customs officers have

yesterday (21)arrested three Persons including two females over attempting to smuggle a stock of valuable flower plants including Anthuriums and Orchids brought from Thailand without obtaining a Quarantine Certificate to Sri Lanka at Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport.

The three suspects are residents of Kelaniya ,Ja Ela and Matara areas.

They were arrested with a stock of Flowers plants with a value of nearly Rs.500,000 it has been reported.

By bringing the flower plants without a Quarantine Certificate The suspects had violated the regulations of fauna and flora act Airport Customs officers said.

Lieutinent Erantha Pieris Arrested Over Abduction And Disappearance Of Former Cartoonist Eknaligoda Has Been Remanded

Army Intelligance Officer Lieutenant

Colonel Erantha Pieris arrested over Abducting and dissaperance of cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda had been remanded until 28 th of September by the Homagama Magistrate Court yesterday (21).

He was produced before the Court yesterday.

The Ieutinent was arrested last Thursday evening (20) by the CID officers after giving a statement regarding the abduction and disappearence of Eknaligoda at CID Headquarters .