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Friday, December 20, 2019

TWO CRUISE SHIPS COLLIDE IN THE CARIBBEAN

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-

latin-america-50873559/two-cruise-ships-collide-in-the-caribbean

GOLDEN MELODIES

Red Notices On Landslide Risks Isuued To Seven Areas In Badulla

Disaster Management Center (DMC)has

issued red notices to seven Divisional secretariets in Badulla district which are at risk of Landslides .

Accordingly Red notices had been issued to Haldummulla,Haputhale ,Ella ,Welimada ,Passara,Mahiyanganaya and Badulla Divisional Secretariets which are identified as landslide risk zones by National Building Research Organization (NBRO).

Disaster Management Center has requested the people living in these areas to move a way to safer places due to the risk of landslides .

Transport Activities Of A Section Of Polonnaruwa -Batticaloa Main Road Is Being Blocked Due To Floods

Transport activities between

Manampitiya and Gallalla areas at Polonnaruwa-Batticaloa main road had been blocked as the road between Manampitiya and Gallalla is being submerged by 6 feets of water as a result of the overflowing of Mahaweli river and opening of the sluice gates of Parakrama Samudraya(Resetvoir) since this morning(21).

Mahaweli River had overflown from manampitiya area in Polonnaruwa and 08 out of 10 sluice gates belonging to Parakrama Samudraya had opened by one feet each due to the heavy showers prevailing in Polonnaruwa district at present according to Disaster Management Center .

Houses ,low and areas and many paddy fields in Polonnaruwa are currently being submerged due to this situation it has been reported.

People is being used the rail track to walk from Manampitiya to Gallalla area as a result of the submerged road .

Former CID Director SSP Shani Abeysekare Filed A Fundamental Rights Petition At Supreme Court Seeking Reinstatement In His Post

Former Director of Criminal

Investigations Department (CID )Senior Supirintendent of Police (SSP)Shani Abeysekare who had been demoted by transferring him as the personal assistant to Deputy Inspector General Of Police(DIG) in charge of Galle District by the National police commission ,had filed a fundamental rights petition at Supreme Court yesterday (20)challanging his demotion and seeking reinstatement .

In his petition SSP Shani Abeysekare who is known as Sherlok Holmes of Sri Lanka police had requested to cancel his transfer and demotion and to make the government compansate him Rs.10 million for violating his fundamental rights .

SSP Abeysekare has named Attorney General Dappula De Livera ,acting IGP Chandana Wikramaratne ,Chairman of National Police Commission and 17 members of the Police commission as respondents of his petition .

National Police Commission last month approved the demotion transfer of SSP Abeysekare accordance to a recommendation of Acting IGP Wikramarstne.

Colombo Magistrate Dismissed The Bail Application Submitted By Former Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne -A Revised Bail Application Had Been Submitted Again

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka

Jayaratne has yesterday(20)dismissed the bail application submitted by former Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne requesting to grant him bail without arresting him over a press briefing held on white van abductions .

The bail application had dismissed by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne stating that the application does not mentioned what are the charges against the bail applicant which might cause aresesting him.

Former Minister Dr.Senaratne had stated in his bail application that the Criminal Investigations Departmemt (CID ) is attempting to arrest him over a statment made by two persons involved in criminals who had been arrested by the CID over a press briefing held on white van abductions during Rajapakshe regime before 2015.

Therefore he had requested the Magistrate to grant him bail without arresting him.

Dr.Senaratne had again submitted a revised bail application last evening requesting to grant him bail without arresting him to the Colombo Chief Magistrate .He had requested the Magistrate to consider his bail application on Monday .

CID has been named as the respondents of the case.