EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG

Sunday, May 12, 2019

A Person Has been arrested in Chilaw by the Police this noon (12)over publishing a post regarding creating disunity among races according to Police.

Earlier a group of persons have protested Infront of Chilaw Police demanding to take action regarding a planned attack mentioned in the Facebook post .

Meanwhile an organized group had broken the wall of a House maintained as a prayer center in Chilaw binging to Thowheeth Jamaath group and smashed the windows of the House it has been reported.

Police and Army have dispersed the protesters and tightened the security in the area whilst Police curfew is on.

GOLDEN MELODIES

Two Persons Were Killed And Three Injured Due To Jeep-Bus Collision

Two persons had been killed and Three

others had been injured and hospitalized due to a jeep-Sri Lanka Transport Board Bus Collision at Mahalwarawa Junction in Kottawa this morning (12).

Five Injured petsons including the Jeep driver had been admitted to Homagama Hospital and two of them had succumbed to their injuries after admission .

The deceased were 33 and 36 year old residents of Negambo area and incident occurred when the Jeep driver unable to control the speed of the vehicle travelling from Maharagama to Kottawa according to reports.

However Kottawa Police have arrested the Bus driver regarding the incident.

President Sirisena To Leave China Tomorrow (13) For A Conference

President Maithripala Sirisena is

schedule to leave China tomorrow (13)to attend a" Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilzations to be inaugurated on this Wednesday (15) in Beijing, China it has been reported.

President is due to meet with Chinese President and Prime Minister during his visit, However political and diplomatic circles here questioned the urgency of President's sudden departure to China amidst the present security situation in the country .

As President himself holds the Defense Minister post it's still not clear whether he has appointed an acting Defense Minister prior to his departure .At the time of the Easter Sunday bombings too President was in Singapore and he didn't appoint an acting Defense Minister prior to his departure to Singapore via India according to the reports .

After the bombings Prime Minister was not allowed to convene the National Security Council meeting under the instructions of President reports have said.

President is due to be returned to Country on this Thursday (16)it has been revealed.Around 2000 officials and representatives of 47 Asian Countries are due to participate the conference in.China.

Police Curfew Imposed In Chilaw Due To A Tense Situation

Police curfew has been imposed in

Chilaw Town area short while ago until 6 a.m tomorrow (13)following a tense situation occurred amongst a group of youth following a post appeared in Facebook regarding another extremist attack .

A group of youth had protested in front of Chilaw Police Headquarters requesting take steps to prevent another extremist attack after seen the Facebook post and later the group had told the shop owners in the town to close their shops it has been revealed.

Army personal have fired gun shots to air to disperse the group and Chilaw Police officers too assisted the Army in this regard. However all shops in the town had been closed due to the incident.

Police and Army are being deployed in Chilaw Town to provide security.