Tuesday, January 14, 2020

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Three Members Of Same Famiy Had Been Drowned In Wanathawilluwa

Three members of a same family

 including a 45 year old Mother and her son and daugher had been drowned this evening (14)whilst bathing in Ralmaduwa Tank at Wanathawilluwa,Puttalam .

The bodies of them had been recovered and sent to the Puttalam Base Hospital for post mortem.

Wanathawluwa police are conducting an investigation over the incident.

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President To Increase The Mimimum Daily Wage Of The Estate Worker To Rs.1000

President Gotabaya Rajapakshe had
 today (14)instructed the officials to
increase  the minimum daily wage of an Estate worker to Rs.1000 with effect from 01st of March this year .

Coincides with this pay increase President has ordered the officials to develop the all sections of the Estate sector including the infrastructure facilities in view of developing  the productivity and quality of the Sri Lankan Tea Industry .

As the government has recently provided the tax reductions and Fertilizer subsidy to the Tea Industry the benefit of these  comcessions should be granted to the estate workers as well President has stated.

Former Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne Had Given A Four And Half Hour Ststement To CID

Former Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne had appeared before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID)this noon (14)and given a four and
half hour statement regarding the press briefing conducted by him over white van abductions last november prior to the Presidential Elections.

Dr.Senaratne who had been discharged from Lanka Hospital at Narahenpita where he received treatment fot a heart ailment simce three weeks ,had left CID Premises after giving the statement this evening .

Colombo Chief Magistrate had ordered the former Health Minister when granting bail after been arrested whilst receiving treatment at Lanka Hospitals ,to appear before CID soon after discharge from the hospital.

Meanwhile Colombo High Court had issued summons to Dr.Senaratne to appear before the court on 17 th of January for the hearing of the revised petition filed by Attorney General against granting bail to Dr.Senaratne. 

MP Ranjan Ramanayake Arrested Over Defaming Court Judges

Police officers attached to Colombo
Crimes Division(CCD) had today (14) arrested the United National MP and popular actor Ranjan Ramanayake for the second time at his official residence at Madiwela over defaming Court Judges through recorded telephone conversations .

The arrest was made after the issuing of an arrest warrant by Nugegoda Magistrate Wasantha Kumara this morning  to arrest MP Ramanayake  accordance to a request made by Colombo Crimes Division .

CCD officers had obtained the arrest warrant from the Nugegoda Magistrate and arrested MP Ramanayake accordance to a order made by Attorney General Dappula De Livera .

MP Ramanayake is scheduled to be produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate tomorrow(15) after questioning him.


Seven Were Killed And Twenty Injured After A Motor Car Hit The Crowd

 Seven Persons including a samall.child  have died and twenty were injured and hospitalized due to.a Motor car participated a Motor cross ra...