Local Tourists Allowed To Visit Sigiriya Free of Charge For Three Days

To mark the  Vesak Festival and National Museum day local tourists will be allowed to visit Historical Sigiriya fortress Cultural site  and the Museum free of charge from today(18), tomorrow  (19) and on Monday  (20) according to Central Cultural fund.

An exhibition displaying the objects  with archelogical value discovered  from the Sigiriya cultural site through excavations and Educational workshops are also due to be held in these days .

VESAK FULL MOON POYA DAY FALLS TODAY (18)

Today (18)is the holiest day of the  Buddhist Callander the "Vesak" which marks the birth, enlightment and demise(Parnirvana ) of Lord Buddha the greatest philosopher who founded the Buddhism. In Sri Lanka today is Vesak full moon poya day and the national Vesak festival is currently being held at Hikkaduwa (Southern Province ).

Government has declared Monday the 20 th of May as a public holiday due to  Vesak falls on Saturday .
For more on Vesak visit - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesak

Teachers And Parents Of A Popular Girls School In Kandy Staged A Protest Against Muslim Teachers Refused Wear A Saree

Teachers and parents of a popular girls

school in Kandy have yesterday  (17) staged a protest in front of the school against 05 female Muslim Teachers who had refused to wear a saree or an accepted cloth exposing the face  to work it has been reported .

05 out of the 15 female Muslim teachers of the school were not allowed to enter the school by protesting teachers and parents  due to their refusal to wear a saree or other accepted Cloth.

Meanwhile Central Province governor MaithrI Gunaratna has stated although government has banned the wearing of  face covering Cloths imcluding   burka wearing a saree is not made compulsory by the law.

Earlier similar incident occurred at Puwakpitya Tamil school when the parents have not allowed several Muslim female teachers to enter the school by wearing covered Cloths. 

Police Have Arrested Sex Workers During A Raid At SPA In Mount Lavinia

Mount Lavinia Police have arrested 08

sex workers during a raid carried out in a Brothel house maintained on the pretext of a massage center (SPA) at Mount Lavinia Police division today (17).

The sex workers arrested in the Brothel house are of the ages 38 to 58 residing in Padukka ,Moronthuduwa,Benthota, Nugegoda and Imbulgoda areas it has been revealed. 

Minister Rishad Baduideen Accepted That He Has Phoned Army Commander

Minister of Industries and Commerce Rishad Baduideen has today (17) accepted that he had called Army Commander Lt.General Mahesh  Senanayake to ask on a Terrorist  suspect arrested in Dehiwala .

However the Minister has denied the reports appeared in media that he had influenced the Army Commander to release a suspect .

Meanwhile Joint Opposition has handed over a no confidence motion against Minister Baduideen to  the speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday  (16) first allegation out of 10 allegations in the motion is  Minister Baduideen has influenced the Army Commander to release a suspect.

The no confidence motion was signed by 64 MP's.

Tenth Suspect Arrested From A Copper Factory Owned By Cinnamon Grand Bomber Had Been Further Remanded

Colombo Additional Magistrate

Priyantha Liyanage has today (17)further remanded the 10th suspect arrested from Copper factory in Wellampitiya owned by Cinnamon Grand Hotel Bomber, until 30 th of May .

The suspect  Rajendra  Abdul  was produced before Additional Magistrate today .

Altogether 10 workers attached to Copper Factory in Wellampitiya where the bombs believed to manufactured for Easter Sunday attacks had been arrested by Wellampitiya Police over the attacks ,However 09 suspects had been granted bail by the same magistrates Liyanage.

It has been revealed that Wellampitiya Police not have submitted required evidence to the Court to  keep the suspects in remand and therefore additional Magistrate has released them on bail.

Copper factory in.Wellampitiya was owned by Mohommad Ibrahim Insaf Ahmed who was blasted himself at Cinnamon Grand Hotel on Easter Sunday 

BUDU PIYANANI....