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Thursday, December 6, 2018

As Foreigners Have Purchased Most Of The Buildings In Galle Fort -Population In Fort Had Been Reduced

Foreigners have purchased nearly 100 buildings out of around 450 buildings located in Galle Fort through brokers and maintain businesses related to Tourism Industry according to Galle Heritage Foundation .

As a result of it the population in Galle Fort has now reduced to 1500 from 3000 it has been revealed.

A perch of land in Galle Fort is being sold to foreigners per Rs.10.76 million and some brokers had sold buildings affected with legal cases to the foreigners it has been reported

Most of the buildings sold to foreigners are old Dutch buildings it has been stated.

Supreme Court Had Extended The Interim Order Suspending President's Gazette Until This Saturday (08)

The seven member Judge Panel of

Supreme Court hearing petitions filed against President's decision to dissolve Parliament ,had extended the interim order issued by uphelding the Gazette Notification issued by President Maithripala Sirisena regarding dissolvement of Parliament, until this Saturday (08).

Earlier the Supreme Court has issued the interim order suspending the gazette notification of President Regarding dissolving Parliament until today (06 ).

Today (06 )Hearing of intermediate petitions filed at Supreme Court against the petitions filed opposing President's Gazette issued regarding dissolvement of Parliament has been concluded .The further hearing of petitions will continue tomorrow (07) according to sources.

The verdict regarding the Petitions is due to deliver tomorrow (07).

President Has Ordered Government Officers To Hold State Programmes In Auditoriums Not Laxurious Hotels

President Maithripala Sirisena has

today (06) instructed all Government officers through a Circular to hold Government programmes including functions , Seminars and meetings within the auditoriums of State Institutions without organized them in luxurious hotels .

According to the Circular President has stressed although there are plenty of space within state institutions to hold government programmes ,No need to book luxurious hotels by spending millions of Rupees unnecessarily.

President has issued this circular in view of preventing unnecessary spending of government money it has been revealed .

Two Persons Have Been Arrested With 231.54 Kilo Grammes Of Heroin

Police Anti Narcotic Bureau officers

along with officers attached to Sri Lanka Navy have arrested two persons whilst transporting 231.54 Kilo Grammes of Heroin in a boat at Sea coast between Balapitiya and Beruwala during a raid carried out last night (05).

This has been the second largest haul of Heroin taken in to custody in Sri Lankan history according to Police .

The Boat which transported the haul of Heroin had also taken into custody by the Police officers it has been revealed.

The suspects who are 34 and 38 years old residents of Beruwala area are due to be questioned by the Police over the incident through a detention order obtained from the Court .

The estimated value of the haul.of Heroin taken in to custody is more than Rs.. 2778 million Police have stated.