Boris Johnson orders action to stop measles spread

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CID Had Arrested Two Persons With A Foreign Made Pistol

• Criminal Investigations
   Department(CID)Officers had arrested two persons with a Foreign made  Automatic Pistol in their possession at Ampara today (18).
  
  

The Pistol which owneed  by  a businessman in Elpitiya was purchased by the two suspects from a person in Kalmunai area .CID Officers had also arrested the person who sold the Pistol.

The two suspects who are residents of Elpitiya and Kalmunai areas had been remanded until 30 th of August after being produced before the Ampara Acting Magistrate.

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Leader Of Leftist JVP Named As Presidential Candidate Of National People's Power

• "National People's Power 'Organization
  
  comprising of 28 Political and Civil Organization's lead by Leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna  (JVP) had today  (18)named JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake as it"s Presidential Candidate of the forthcoming Presidential Elections.

JVP leader had been named officially as the Presidential Candidate of National People's Power during a mass rally held at Galle Face Green in Colombo this Evening .

This was the first time JVP Had named a Presidential candidate after the Presidential Election in 1999 where former JVP MP Nandana Gunathilake was nominated.

Leftist JVP had came forward as a decisive force during 2005 and 2010 Presidential Elections where the party officially supported Forner President Mahinda Rajapakshe and FieldMarshal Sarath Fonseka respectively.

  

ICELAND SAYS GOODBYE TO A 700 YEAR OLD GLACIER

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49345912

A MotorcyclIst Has Died After Colliding With A Tipper

A 44 year old Motorcyclist has died

after colliding with a Tipper Truck which crashed in to a lamp post after veering off the road at Banduragoda in Divulapitiya -Meerigama road in wee hours of this morning (17).

The critically injured Motorcyclist who was admitted to Divulapitiya District  Hospital had succumbed to his injuries after admission to the Hospital it has been revealed.

The driver of the Tipper had also admitted to the hospital due to the injuries he had received as a result of the accident.

As the Tipper had crashed into an Electricity post several areas including Banduragoda had been experienced long power cuts it has been reported .

Sri Lankan Police Cricket Team Won The Police World Cricket Cup

Sri Lankan Police Cricket Team had

won the Sixth Police World Cup Cricket trophy by beating the Western Australian Police Cricket Team at the finals held in Princeton, England today  (17).

This is the first time that an Asian Police Cricket Team won the Police World Cup Cricket trophy according to the Police Media Spokesman Superintendent of Police  (SP)Ruwan Funasekare.

Nine Countries had participated the Tornament