COLOMBO (News1st) -
1. The general public requested to
hoist the National flag for a week from the
01st of February in line with the
71st Independence celebrations.
2.
Collective agreement on
estate workers salaries signed at Temple Trees amidst
protests from estate sector trade unions.
3. The
Attorney General's Department has started a special study on the
legalities in
deploying the tri-forces for
combating drug trafficking in Sri Lanka.
4. The group including
two US nationals and an
Afghan national who were
arrested over the possession of a
large haul of drugs in a luxury housing complex in
Colpetty is due to be presented before the
Fort Magistrates Court today (January 29).
5.
Chairman of the elections commission Mahinda Deshapriya says that he will
resign from his position if
provincial council elections are not held prior to the
Presidential election scheduled for
November or December.
6. The
Sena Caterpillar menace spreads to
paddy cultivations in
Nochchiyagama.
7. The
Department of Meteorology forecasts an
increase of 40kmph in the
wind speed across the island today (January 29) and tomorrow (January 30).
8. A
50-year-old has been arrested in
Imbhasiddi, Point Pedro with over
86 kg of
Kerala Ganja.
9.
Two suspects were arrested from Kurunegala for the possession of
37.5 liters of illegal alcohol and a
foreign manufactured hand grenade.
10. The leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya,
Udaya Gammanpila says that an
agreement has been signed to set up a
US military base in Sri Lanka without the
consent of the
President.
HAVE A CONSENTED TUESDAY!!