Velupillai Manoharan, the elder brother of LTTE founder leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, has come forward to denounce a scam targeting the Tamil diaspora and revealed that a group within the diaspora has been deceiving unsuspecting individuals by falsely claiming that Prabhakaran and some family members are still alive.
Some 15,025 families were residing in earth slip vulnerable areas and the National Building Research Organisation (NBRO) had warned them to evacuate from such areas, State Minister of Defence Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon said yesterday.
The main suspect known as “ Kukul Chaminda” who was wanted in connection with the alleged abuse of a four year old child of Kalyanapura in Sampathnuwara in Welioya police area and two women who aided and abetted it were arrested in the early hours of last morning during a raid on their hideout at Arasimalai in Pulmudai.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has raised concerns with the National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) yesterday about the latter’s moves to enforce law against scrapping hotels’ ‘Happy Hour’, which in turn could result in the country’s growing tourism industry, the Daily Mirror learns.
Supreme Courts which had determined that Electricity Reforms Bill is inconsistent with the constitution, had questioned the lack of clarity in allocating shares to the companies that would be set up after unbundling the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).
The Nugegoda Division Crime Investigation Unit arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a series of robberies and burglaries in the Nugegoda, Mirihana, and Udahamulla areas. Police recovered a stash of jewelery, local and foreign currency believed to have been stolen by the suspect.
Ruling party MP Gunatilake Rajapakse who sustained a fractured leg following an altercation with MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage after the government’s parliamentary group meeting on Monday has undergone a four hour surgery yesterday, hospital sources said.
Justifying his call for a referendum to extend Parliament’s and the President’s term, United National Party (UNP) General Secretary Palitha Range Bandara yesterday said he only requested other political parties to come up with their stand on the matter.
The national ceremony to mark the World Environment Day, which was scheduled to take place tomorrow in Ratnapura under the auspices of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, will be held in low key due to the prevailing disaster situation, the Daily Mirror learns.
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