A small whale with burn wounds had been dumped on the beach.
Local fishermen point out that the body of a small whale with burn wounds had been dumped on the Karadikkuli beach in the Musali Divisional Secretariat Division in Mannar yesterday evening (19). A group of fishermen in the area had spotted the whale when they were fishing and had informed the Mannar Assistant Fisheries Inspector’s Office. Residents and fishermen in the area say that there are burn wounds on many parts of the body of the whale and it is suspected that it was a whale that was caught in the fire of the Express Pearl ship recently. Meanwhile, the bodies of dead turtles and a large whale had been dumped in Mannar and Jaffna in the last few days.
Minister Wimal Weerawansa doesn’t have any financial discipline and cannot follow the illegal orders given to him – Anusha Pelpita
Anusha Pelpita the Ministry Secretary to the Minister of Industrial Development has sent a letter to President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa stating that minister Wimal Weerawansa has no financial discipline and cannot follow the illegal orders given to him. Accordingly, Anusha Pelpita has requested the President to allow him the opportunity to retire as he has decided not to continue in the public administration service. The Secretary to the Ministry has informed the Minister that the implemental Sands project and the production of fertilizer using phosphate deposits could not be carried out in accordance with the existing rules. There was a conflict of opinion between Minister Wimal Weerawansa and the Secretary. General Daya Ratnayake. Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority has been nominated for the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Industries. . Nihal Keppetipola has been appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.
Will Wimal-Gammanpila lose ministerial posts?
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) states that the present government is in a position to get rid of the ministries of ministers like Udaya Gammanpila and Wimal Weerawansa. Its former Member of Parliament Nalinda Jayatissa stated this while expressing his views to the media regarding the transfer of the Lanka Phosphate Company from the Ministry of Industries which was under the Minister Wimal Weerawansa to the Ministry of Agriculture. He said that the Phosphate Company should be under the Ministry of Industries as the fertilizer produced in it using for agriculture is a separate matter. Secretary to the Ministry of Minister Wimal Weerawansa resigning, Pieces are falling out of his ministry, Letters are being receiving against Minister Gammanpila because they were losing their ministries and the ministries were falling apart.
Sri Lanka reported 54 covid 19 related deaths and 2169 new cases.
The number of infections identified yesterday was reported as 2169. At the same, time the total number of infected persons identified so far from Sri Lanka is 237549. Meanwhile, another 54 corona-infected deaths were announced by the Government Information Department yesterday. Accordingly, the number of corona deaths in the country has increased to 2534.