Thursday, January 12, 2023

A Wild Elephant Was Killed And Two Othhers Injured After Colliding With A Train

A wild elephant was killed and another two Wild Elephants had been injured after the trio  was knocked down by a speeding  train at Hathras kotuwa in Habarana area (North Central Province)this morning Two elephants dead after knocked down by train in Sri Lanka - Times of India(13).

The train which collided with the three Wild elephants was traveling from Batticaloa to Colombo at the time of the incident and it was derailed due to the incident according to the Sri Lanka Railways .As a result of the derailment the operations along Batticaloa train route was delayed Railways has stated ,

Supreme Court Ordered Former President Maithripala Sirisena and Four Others To Pay Compensations For Easter Sunday Attck Victims

The Supreme Court had yesterday (13) ordered  the Government and the five respondents named in the Fundamental Petitions filed against failing to prevent the Easter sunday bomb attacks in 2019 .To pay massive compensations for the victims of the attacks .First Sirisena cabinet - Wikipedia

Accordingly the Government was ordered  to pay Rs. one million as compensation per person for those victims who were killed  at the Easter Sunday attacks .Other respondents named by the Petitions Former President Maithripala Sirisena was asked to pay a compensation of  Rs.100 million  ,Former Police Chief Pujith Jayasundare and Former State Intelligence Services Chief Nilantha Jayawardane were asked to pay a compensation of  Rs.75 million  each  ,Former National Intelligence Services Chief Sisira Mendis was asked to pay a Compensation of Rs.10 million and the Former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando was asked    to pay a compensation of  Rs.50 million .
 
In addition to the  Rs.one million compensation government needs to pay for a victim of the easter sunday attacks Supreme court ordered to pay Rs.500,000 each for a injured person in the attack . 
 
 
 Court has also ordered to establish a  Victim Fund at the office for reparation  which must formulate a scheme to award the sums ordered as compensation in fair and equitable manner to the victims and families .

The Supreme Court on Thursday (12) ruled that the respondents named in the Fundamental Rights petitions for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, despite having credible information of an imment attack, had violated the Fundamental Rights of the petitioners.



Ministry Of Trade To Hand Over The Egg Importation Tender To Indina Suppliers

 Ministry Of Trade ,Commerce and Food safety has decided to hand over the Egg Import tender to tow suppliers in India according to the Minister of Trade and Commerce Nalin Fernando .All the relevant documents regarding the tender had been submitted to the Health Ministry officials to get an  approval for the importation process the Minister has stated ,  Egg | Definition, Characteristics, & Nutritional Content | Britannica

Meanwhile a higher officer in Agriculture sector had stated that approval will not be given to Import eggs from India and Pakistan due to the Bird flu spreading in Poultry farms in those countries .

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Flights across US grounded by technical glitch

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Magistrate Ordered To Retain Two Suspects Arrested With Ice Narcotic

 Puttalam Magistrate Court had ordered the Kalpitiya Police to retain the two Persons arrested whilst transporting 02 Kilo grammes of Ice narcotic at Kalpitiya,area for 72 hours to  question .


The two suspects were arrested by the Police Anti narcotic bureau officials recently  whilst transporting the stock of Ice narcotic worth around Rs.30 million by a Three whealer .

Opposition Parties Accused Govt.On Attempting To Delay Elections

 Opposition parties have criticized the Gocernment on attempting to delay the holding of  forthcoming local government elections by ordering District secretaries to not to accept Bonds from candidates running for the elections until further notice.


Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa as well as,the leader of National Democracy league Anura Kumara Dissanayake had slammed the government on attempting  to delay the holding of local government elections theough the order issued by the Cabinet not to accept the Bonds from the candidates .

A letter issued by the secretary to the Mimistry of Public Administration and Home affairs had ordered the District secretaries to not to accept the Bonds from candidates .However the secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration has stated that the cabinet has instructed him to issue this order .

Meanwhile Elections Commissioner had advised the  District secreraries to accept bonds from the candidates who are running for the forthcoming local government elections .

The Fight To Save African Penguins

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