Angelo Matthews Had Resigned From Captaincy of One Day And T-20

Sri Lankan One day and T-20 captain Angelo Matthews had resigned from his captaincy yesterday (23)after  chairman of National Cricket  selection committee Graham LaBrooy and National Cricket Coach Chandika Hathurusinghe had requested him to do so.

Angelo Matthews had stated that he is ready to consider retirement of cricket if the authorities found he is unfit to play the game ,he has said through a letter sent to Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Cricket Ashley De Silva .

Sri Lankan Team.made an early exit at the Asian Cup Cricket Tournament last week after lost hack to back games to Bangladesh and Afganistan.

Through the letter Angelo said Cricket Authorities attempting to put whole responsibility of the defeats on him.However he can  only take a part of responsibility.

Test Captian Dinesh Chandimal has been appointed as new captian of one day and T- 20 Intetnationals for the forthcoming England cricket series.

A SECTION OF AUSTRALIAN BEACH COLLAPSES IN TO THE SEA

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CID Had Requested The Minister Of Wild Life Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka To Appear Before CID

Criminal Investigations Department

(CID)has requested the Minister Of Sustainable Development and Wild Life Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka to appear before the CID Headquarters tomorrow (25)at 12 noon to record a statement regarding the abduction and assault of former Journalist attached to Nation paper Keith Noyer .

This is the second time that Field Marshal Fonseka due to give a statement to CID  regarding the incident  .He was the Army Commander at the time of the incident.

CID has already recorded statements from Former President Mahinda Rajapakshe ,Speaker Karu Jayasuriya and several other regsrding the incident.

CID is due to record a statement regarding the incident from former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe as well in future .

Meanwhile CID had informed the Court on last May that according to the investigations conducted so far Field Marshal Fonseka is not related to the abduction of Keith Noyer.

Transport Activities In Severall Central.Hill Areas Had Been Distrupted Due To Rain And Mist

Transport activities had been disrupted in several areas belonging to Central Hills at present due to heavy showers and Heavy mist prevailing in it has been reported.

Accordingly transport activities in Nuwara Eliya ,Haldummulla,Beragala and Haputale areas had been disrupted due to continuous heavy showers and heavy mist .

Police have instructed the motorists to put on lights of their vehicles while driving along Badulla-Colombo main road due to slippery condition and mist .

Seven Houses Had Been Damaged In Vavuniya Due To Strong Winds

Around seven houses and Banana

cultivations at Pawattanukulam ,Omanthai in Vavuniya had been damaged due to strong winds blown across the area last evening (23).

An ice rain had fallen at Maradankulam area in Vavuniya yesterday assisted with strong winds according to Disaster Management Center.

To prevent The Depreciation Of Sri Lankan Rupee Against US Dollar Need To Restrict Some Imports-Prime Minister

To prevent the depreciation of Sri

Lankan Rupee further against US Dollar government is considering to restrict some imports to the Country according to Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe.

"To restrict some imports, tariffs should be imposed on those imports and by doing this US dollars million 500-1000 could be saved in the country " Prime Minister has stressed.

Prime Minister has revealed these facts during the inauguration of D.S Senanayakagama Uda Gama at Suriyawewa ,Hambanthota today (24).