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The police media unit suspended by IGP for lapses in reporting the Chavakachcheri incident

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The police media unit suspended by IGP for lapses in reporting the Chavakachcheri incident

The Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara has ordered to suspend all activities of the police media unit as they have reported the incident of recovering a suicide kit from a  house in a remote village in Chavakachcheri recently not in the most suitable manner.This is the closest reason for the suspension of the activities of the police media unit.

It is reported from the police headquarters that the police media unit will be re-established as a new unit that would report such incidents without any flaws.

The army security personnel withdrawn from Mahinda's security replaced by STF personnel

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The army security personnel withdrawn from Mahinda's security replaced by STF personnel




The army security that was provided to the former president Mahinda Rajapaksa's security unit had been withdrawn.Instead for the withdrawn army personnel trained STF police personnel have been provided and hence there is no change in the number of the security personnel.


Brigadier Jayanath Jayaweera had added this and said that those who were replaced are skilled STF personnel who had training in the security of the VIP's.

However the media spokesman for the media unit of the former president Rohan Weliwita had said that he is not happy about providing  the STF personnel for his security saying they are not trained personnel.

According to intelligence reports the crowd at joint opposition rally more than at Galle

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Intelligence reports reveal that the attendance at joint opposition rally greater than that in Galle

It is reported that the government intelligence sourced had submitted to the president Maithripala Sirisena about the attendance
figures at the main May Day rallies held on the May 01st.

In this regard the approximate statistics of attendance reported are as follows:

The United National Party rally at Campbell park--60,000
The SLFP Galle procession ------------------------------ 40,000
The SLFP rally in Galle ............................................15000
The joint opposition rally in Kirillapona..................25000
 The Janata Vimukthi Peramuna rally .....................15000

Hence according to  government intelligence reports the attendance at the Kirillapona joint opposition rally was more than that of the main SLFP rally in Galle.

Sinhala New Year celebrations in Scotland

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Sinhala New Year celebrations in Scotland




The Sinhalese community in Scotland had celebrated the Sinhala New Year in a grand fashion.It is reported that a number of Sri Lankan Sinhalese families had participated in the celebrations held in Glasgow.There are a number of photographs taken during the function which could be viewed from here:


Racket of sending housemaids to Dubai dressed as virgin sisters revealed

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Racket of sending housemaids to Dubai dressed as virgin sisters revealed

Racket of sending housemaids to Dubai dressed as virgin sisters revealed





Sarath Pushpakumara  administrative officer of the foreign employment bureau stationed at the Katunayake International airport had been able to surface a racket of sending housemaids to Dubai in the pretext of virgin sisters of the salvation army visiting  Dubai to deliver sermons .


In this regard the act of the foreign employment bureau had been made use of by Sub Inspector of police WA Balasuriya who had complained to the Negombo  chief magistrate Ruchira Weliwatta on this matter.Three virgin sisters  of the salvation army had disguised themselves as visiting Dubai to make christian sermons by obtaining tourist visas.These three girls  when questioned had been proved to be not attached to the salvation army but were to proceed to obtain employment as housemaids.

They had not possessed the training certificates or the family background to show their abilities to make sermons.The three who had presented them as virgin sisters were Francis Pathiyam Elezebeth,Sinniah Pushpanadan Pushpalatha and Pattivel Manuja.All three who had been interrogated for trying to escape to Dubai in fictitious manner.

It had been revealed that this had been manipulated by a resident of Hatton-Dickoya Nathan and a resident of Mirigama named Priyanka who are supposed to be sub agents of the foreign employment bureau.

During the investigations telephone numbers of 10 other persons had been revealed.In this regard Sub Inspector KAP Perera had sought the permission of the Chief Magistrate to obtain necessary information from the telecommunication companies.The Chief Magistrate had given the green light for the request.

Private bus returning after the Kirillapona rally runs over and kills an undergraduate

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Private bus  returning after the Kirillapona rally runs over and kills an undergraduate

On the night of the May Day around 8.30 pm a private bus  driven recklessly which was returning with some passengers after attending
the May Day rally in Kirillapona had knoecked down a pedestrain who was on the side of the road near the Gandara police station.He had been admitted to the Matara hospital.The officers of the Gandara police has informed that the undergraduate had succumbed to his injuries after admission to the hospital.

The undergraduate is 24year old Mohamed Ahamedu  a third year student of the Sabaragamuwa campus.The bus had broken the road barriers and fled without stopping.A message had been sent to the Dickwella police .The bus had been found abandoned in the Polgahamulla area.The driver and the conductor had fled from the scene leaving the bus.The  39 year old driver however had been apprehended  on the 2nd instant also from the Polgahamulla area and is to be produced before courts.

Who had more cuts on May Day,Mahinda or Maithri (Tuesday's cartoon)

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Who had more cuts on May Day, Mahinda or  Maithri (Tuesday's cartoon)



























Dehiwala Zoo to be made a pleasure park

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Dehiwala Zoo to be made a pleasure park




The Minister of sustainable development and wild life Gamini Jayawickrema Perera had added that the Dehiwala national zoological gardens would be renovated and modernized to make it to be a pleasure park.


In this regard a committee has been appointed to make suggestions as to what developments and modernizations are required.

On the 02nd instant the Minister speaking at media briefing at the auditorium of the government news department had  informed of the plans to make the national zoological gardens in Dehiwala a pleasure park.

When daughter was born she was very fair, Madhu said to name her Swetha

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When daughter was born she was very fair, Madhu said to name her Swetha - Nilmini




The popular Tele drama Actress Nilmini Tennakoon was questioned by an editor of a weekend newspaper.Some of the excerpts of it are appended below:


The lives of you and Madhu were changed with the birth of Swetha.Hoe did her fondling complete the small family?

"Our daughter was born in the year 2001.When Swetha was born she was very fair. After she was born Madhu and his mother carried her and said that she is very fair and she should be named as Swetha.This name was given to her.She is the person who changed our lives."

Does Swetha object to your acting Nilmini?

"Swetha likes me acting.But she says not to exert too much.Recently my daughter Swetha had told my sister and Danajaya's wife that she likes to have make ups like her me.She had said that without make ups she has a sad face."

May Day rallies - 2016

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May Day rallies - 2016

A collection of some photos of May Day rallies held by main parties and affiliated groups this afternoon in Colombo and Galle could be seen from below. The SLFP rally was held in Galle, the UNP rally in Borella, Cambell Park, the JVP rally in BRC grounds and the Joint Opposition rally  was held in Kirullapone. 








Mahinda comes to Kirullapona stage (video)

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Mahinda comes to Kirullapona stage (video)

Former President was present at the Joint Opposition rally being held in Kirullapona this afternoon. It was thus confirmed as to which rally he was intent on being present. The announcer who welcomed him on that  occasion, the MP Gamini Lokuge who addressed the audience identified him as 'President Mahinda Rajapaksa'. 

The part of that video, from below

Closing schools at 12 noon because of the heat is more dangerous

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Closing schools at 12 noon because of the heat is more dangerous

The heat that is persisting in the afternoon is at the maximum at 12 noon.A request had been made by the authorities of the North Central schools to close schools at 12 noon because of the intense heat.This request had been turned down by the related authorities of
the ministry of education for that reason.Hence the school hours would terminate at 1.30pm as usual.

The request made by the authorities of the North Central region had been referred to the ministry of health and the meteorological department.They had said that if the schools close at 12 noon the children would be subjected to the heat which is at the maximum at that time.Hence the decision not to close all national schools in the North Central region was arrived at.

Wife tries to kill husband because of Indian lover!

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 Wife tries to kill husband because of Indian lover!


Wife tries to kill husband because of Indian lover! 

Wellawatta Police has been able to arrest a husband's wife because the wife has gone head over heals over a certain Indian lover of hers whom she had come to know over the Facebook and skype and had finally made plans to kill the
husband.

The said woman had got down her paramour to Sri Lanka at her own expense unaware to anyone and had provided lodging for him in a hotel and in the process had paid money to some underworld elements to kill her husband and thereby acquire all his assets. The police on the other hand had utilised the services of some decoys and managed to video all conspiracies in this connection after which she was taken into custody. Incidentally, the millionaire company director had married this female, the latter of whom had possessed glamorous looks, after a romance. It was understood that she was 7 years younger than her husband. After marriage they have had one child and the child is presently following studies at an international school.

The lady concerned is not employed and when the child is away in school in the morning hours she had been engaged in browsing the Facebook during that period and had in fact been addicted to it for quite sometime. It was about 6 years before this that her attention was focused on a young man who had been sending messages to her over the Facebook by praising her looks and admiring her beauty. When checking further, she had been able to find out that this young man was an Indian national who possessed a handsome physique. He had addressed her in English language and the two of them had been involved in exchanging information about each other gradually and finally had become good friends. As time passed by he had said that he is surprised that a female such as she has an elderly husband like this.

Thus he had little by little got close to her this way and they had then instead of chatting across the Facebook had resorted to getting connected to each other in a live mode across skype. However during the past few months their alliance has gone beyond bounds and at one point she had made a suggestion to him saying, "I am not satisfied with seeing you this way ... you come to Sri Lanka; I'll spend and send you an air ticket and find you a hotel also".

As such, he had arrived in Sri Lanka last April 19th and she had told the driver in her house that a friend of hers is coming from abroad and to escort him and drop him to the hotel. On her instructions the driver had gone to Katunayaka Airport in her company and after picking up her Indian friend had then dropped him at a hotel situated close to her house. Subsequently, this attractive wife had gone to that hotel with the driver after her husband has left saying that she is visiting her friend and had got herself dropped there. In this way she had made it a habit of spending several hours at the hotel and then returning home after that. On the order, "Don't tell husband about my friend", the driver had kept mum about these suspicious journeys.

Later one fine day after several days had elapsed in this manner and when the driver had come to pick her up from the hotel as usual the wife had asked the driver to come in and sit, on which occasion she had started a talk saying, "There's an important thing to be done .... this is a secret!" In fact what she had then told him was that she had decided to live with this lover of hers and that since her husband is an obstacle in this respect she had decided to murder him. She had further told him that in this context she is prepared to pay any amount that is necessary for that purpose and had asked him to find an underworld member and had added that all this has to be carried out with secrecy. So saying she had palmed over some money to the driver.

Because of this unanticipated news the driver had been shocked and having gone home he had thought about this matter very deeply. The driver who had served for a period of 14 years in this home by winning the heart of his master finally came into a negative decision  about this proposition of being a partner of killing his master.  Subsequently the following morning he had let the cat out of the bag to his master  in total secrecy. The husband who contemplated as what steps to take in this matter had come to a decision and had made a bee-line to the police station instead of questioning his wife.

Officers of Wellawatta Police who after meeting the husband and driver and having uncovered all necessary information in this connection had mentioned that this is a conspiracy which should be cornered in a sharp manner. Thereby they had employed the services of some decoys and the husband and the driver were told to return home and stay there as if nothing happened. In the process the driver was instructed to provide information about the decoy used if and when he was enquired about the underworld element by the lady.

Accordingly, the wife questioned the driver about the underworld matter and what he did was clandestinely introduce the Sub Inspector who had come in a disguised manner. The wife who in reality got duped thinking that he was the murderer-contractor had discussed matters of killing her husband for a fee of 2 lakhs and even went as far as handing him an advance of Rs. 50,000. She had further suggested a strategy whereby that if the husband is to be murdered, he could be poisoned or else his vehicle could be made to crash with another vehicle and when she was asked how the husband could be identified before the murder is committed, she had handed over one of her husband's photographs.

The police officer who had videoed all this talk about the conspiracy then took steps in taking her into custody based on that evidence. Next, the young Indian national supposed lover who was lodging at a hotel down Ramakrishna Road, Wellawatta was then arrested by the police. Further enquiry regarding the incident is underway.

The manner how injured Sandeep (MP) was taken to hospital (video)

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The manner how injured Sandeep (MP) was taken to hospital (video)

Seruvila Thera's mysterious death

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 Seruvila Thera's mysterious death


Seruvila Thera's mysterious death

Seruwila Saranakiththi Thera, Chief Sanganayaka of both North East Provinces breathed his last yesterday (20) around 7.00 in the morning at Colombo Asiri Central Hospital.

What the doctors had said as the cause of his death was a cancer in his liver which had reached an aggravated condition. Whatever it is,
Kantalai Samitha Deva Thera resident at Colombo Seruwila Buddhist Centre had made a complaint to the Colombo Crime Investigation stating that there is suspicion that during an environment when there are several court cases pertaining to the deceased thera's property and assets and during the course of two parties going before the law claiming the body of the prelate it may be that the demise of Thera Saranakiththi Maha Nahimi perhaps could be suspected as a death which took place as a cause of some poison entering his body. Under these circumstances  a court order has been granted by the magistrate to conduct an autopsy on the body of the thera. The magistrate also ordered that the decision as to which party should be given the authority to handle the cremation procedures should be arrived at after a discussion by the police with the mediation of the Commissioner of Buddhist Affairs.

The complaint that Saranakiththi Maha Nahimi turned out to be serious after a poison entered his body was made by Kantalai Samitha Deva Thera to the Colombo Crime Unit last 24th. On that instance the thera had been among the living. During the said period the thera had been a resident patient in ward 45 of the Colombo National Hospital while Kotapola Amarakiththi Thera and Kithulagala Dhammaloka Thera have both made statements to the same effect, it was reported. Accordingly, these two theras have stated that some poison had entered Saranakiththi Thera's body. In fact, Saranakiththi Thera who was in a serious condition too had told the Colombo Criminal Investigation Unit that a suspicion has emerged to the effect that some poison has entered his body. Later the thera had gone to reside at Seruwila Buddhist Centre at Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo from Colombo National Hospital, last 25th. However as the health condition had aggravated once again in which instance he was admitted to the Colombo Asiri Private Hospital last 1st had passed away last morning, the Colombo Criminal Investigation Unit notified courts yesterday. Doctors of the hospital in relation to the death of the thera had said that only a cancerous state of the liver contributed towards his demise.

Permission was requested on the basis that this death was suspicious on the grounds that an issue has cropped up in relation to the property of Seruwila Mangala Maha Vihara and because two legal cases are pending at district courts in relation to it, a post-mortem to be conducted is deemed necessary. This permission was requested from courts by the Colombo Criminal Investigation Unit and the courts granted approval in that connection. Statements concerning the incident has been secured from 3 specialist doctors of Colombo National Hospital where the thera underwent treatment and further investigations are underway. The thera who passed away has been functioning as the Viharadhipathi of the historic Seruwawila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara, the Chief Sangha Nayaka of both the East and Thamankadu and even functioned as the Advisor of Sri Kalyanavansha Maha Nikaya too.

A massive padlock on Police media spokesman's mouth (Wednesday's cartoon)

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A massive padlock on Police media spokesman's mouth (Wednesday's cartoon)


























To identify sugar levels in instant drinks labels in red yellow and green

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To identify and caution the sugar levels in instant drink bottles labels in red,yellow and green

The director  general of health services Dr Palitha Maheepala issuing a statement to the media had emphasized that on the instructions of the related authorities of the ministry of heath nutrition and inland health services in future all  manufacturers of instant drinks in the form of packets or bottles should affix a label  relevant to the instant drink manufactured for the consumers to identify and ascertain the amount of sugar content in them.

The contents of the Act no 26 of 1980 under section 32 the related label would have to be affixed in relation to the contents of sugar in the drinks.This  would be implemented in future with affect of 1st August was added by the director general of health services Dr Palitha Maheepala.

In this regard if the sugar content is above 11 grams a red label should be affixed while if the sugar content is between 2 and 11 grams a yellow label and for those below 2 grams a green label should be affixed on the bottles or packs.This manner would be made compulsory was what the director general had said.

The director of health services had added that on the instructions of the minister of health Dr Rajitha Senaratne a gazette notification would be issued to prevent non  infectious deceases been spread.

This was added during a meeting of the spreading of non infectious deceases held at the ministry of heath services on the 3rd instant.

Mortal remains of Seruwila thera back to his temple after the conflict

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Mortal remains of Seruwila thera back to his temple after the conflict

After the demise of the chief Sanganayake of the North and East chief incumbent of the Mangala  Maha Seruwila temple most venerable  Venerable Sarankeethi thera there was a conflict situation with regard to
the place of conducting of his last rites.

Venerable Kotapola Amarakeerthi thera of the Seruwila Buddhist headquarters centre in Bauddhaloka Mawatha Colombo 7 and RP Suryiapperuma  a resident of No 209 Suriyapaluwa Kadawatha on behalf of the Seruwila Mangala Maha Viharaya Chaitiya development society had fought for the remains of the Chief Sanganayake.This had ended in the matter to be taken to the Chief Magistrates courts.

A special panel had been appointed in this regard to resolve this issue.A verdict had been issued by the Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya on the 03rd instant to cremate the mortal remains of Venerable Saranakeerti thera at the premises of Seuwila Mangala Maha viharaya.

The Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya had added that Venerable Saranakeerthi Thera had rendered a yeoman service to the Buddhists while serving as the Chief incumbent of Seruwila Mangala Maha temple and had been instrumental in the phase of the Marvillaru battle with the army had with the LTTE terrorists and he is a person who had already in to  our history books.

The Chief Magistrate had explained this to all Bikkhus present and wanted to hand over the remains to his brother to be cremated at Seruwila.

Koththu, Fried rice by Rs 10/- Fish buns by Rs 5/- increased

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Koththu, Fried rice by Rs 10/- Fish buns by Rs 5/- increased




It has been decided by the members of the All Ceylon baker owners association to increase the prices of rice, fried rice, devels and  koththu by a sum of rupees ten and all bakery short eats excepting bread by a sum of rupees five.


The organizer of the All Ceylon bakery owners association Sampath Asela had added this as owing to the increase in the VAT up to 15% this decision had been taken to increase the prices of rice, fried
rice,devels and koththu by a sum of rupees ten from the 04th instant.

With the increase in the national building tax the prices of all bakery short eats excepting bread had been increased by a sum of rupees five.This was wing to the increase in the prices of raw materials like sauce and other ingredients needed to make rice etc.

However the prices of parata, egg rotty and vegetable totty would not be increased he had further added.

The chairman of the All Ceylon Bakery owners association had added that the reason for bakery products to be increased by a sum of rupees five is owing to the prices of Yeast ,farm oil and margarine been increased by the related Companies.

When this matter was inquired by the consumer services authority the higher officials  had said as there is no fixed price officially made for rice and bakery products they cannot take any action for increasing these prices.

Web sites are misusing the media freedom

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Web sites are misusing the media freedom - President




On the 03rd instant yesterday the President Maithripala Sirisena addressing a gathering at the Public library auditorium had this to say:


The media freedom, the independence of the media personnel,to strengthen the media institutions,to make them stronger are the aims of this government.These areas will be made to flourish and as a
government we will take the responsibility to achieve these was added by the President.According to him he believes that the world is controlled not by politicians but by the media personnel.However the activities of some media organizations are criticized by some other media institutions.

These media organizations are protected and made stable by the government.However the administrators of web sites should know well to what extent the media freedom is used in their activities he had added.
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