A dead body found in a luxurious vehicle in Southern Expressway
Aluthgama and Welipenna ASP Ramindu de Silva said that a man was found dead in a luxury jeep parked in the Welipenna service area on the Southern Expressway yesterday (31). The deceased has been identified as Dinesh Jayaweera (45), a businessman and a civil engineer residing in Malabe. He is also reported to be a father of two. Police say it was recorded on a security camera mounted that this luxury jeep (30) enters the service area around 13.06 pm. When the employees of the service area saw the jeep parked at that place since noon yesterday (31) and inquired about it. He had seen a person in the back seat and talking but not waking up and he had been found dead after the person examined him smashing windscreen of the jeep .Then he had informed the police. The cause of death has not been revealed yet and a team of officers including Welipenna OIC Chief Inspector Ananda Silva is conducting investigations on the instructions of Kalutara SSPs Kapila Primadasa, Nishan de Silva and ASP Ramindu de Silva. The postmortem examination of the victim is scheduled to be conducted at the Nagoda Hospital in Kalutara today (1), a senior police officer said.
09 maids declare they were subjected to assults including burning and Two rooms in Bathiudeen’s house are sealed
Nine of the 11 girls who were allegedly abused at the home of former minister Rishad Bathiudeen have been informed by investigators that they had been subjected to a series of tortures, including burning and assault. The CID has already sealed off several rooms in the house, alleging child abuse during the former minister’s tenure. Although this official residence has been given to the Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena since the election of the present government, as he has a house around Colombo, part of it was used for a while as a relief food parcel processing center for the people affected by the corona. However, Minister Gunawardena has already taken steps to reject the official residence where child abuse is suspected and to inform the relevant authorities.
Umaria Sinhawansa has been arrested over a accident
Popular singer Umaria Sinhawansa has been arrested over a accident by the Welikada Police. The arrest was made after a her car collided with a three-wheeler. One person has been admitted to the Colombo National Hospital with injuries sustained in the accident. A police spokesman confirmed that she was due to appear in court tomorrow.
Setting prices without a gem assessment has created a huge crisis- Lohan Ratwatte
Lohan Ratwatte, Minister of State for Prison Rehabilitation and Management, Jewelery and Gems, says it is ridiculous to quote prices without properly assessing the world’s largest cluster of gems recently found in the Kahawatta area. He also said that setting prices without a gem assessment has created a huge crisis. He further states that an accurate assessment need to be done in this regard and then the value will be made public and he added that a number of foreign countries had asked him about the gem and he was wondering whose interest it was to set such prices.
Corona infected patients in Dambulla Base Hospital have staged a protest at the hospital premises
A group of people infected with the coronavirus who is being held at the Dambulla Base Hospital have staged a protest at the hospital premises saying that the hospital facilities are not adequate. The ward reserved for corona patients at the Dambulla Base Hospital has seventeen beds. But protesters said more than 70 people were being treated in the 17 beds. Therefore, they claim that there are two or three infected people in one bed as well as patients in the beds and the corridors. They told hospital officials had nothing to do with it now. They added that all these patients have only one toilet and there is a shortage of food in the hospital.
Sri Lanka is near the brink of the worst covid 19 delta wave-Professor Malik Peiris
Malik Peiris, Professor of Virology at the University of Hong Kong, says that the worst case of corona spread in Sri Lanka is likely to occur in the coming months. He points out that there is an increase in infections globally, including in the South Asian region, due to the new Delta variant and he emphasized that the issue would have a major impact on Sri Lanka in the coming weeks. He thanked the government and Professor Channa Jayasumana for the rapid vaccination currently taking place in Sri Lanka and warned that even two doses of the vaccine would not be enough to protect against the coronavirus in the remaining months. He said this while he was addressing an online conference in Colombo.
Vijitha Herath has been appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
Former Chairman of the Ceylon Electricity Board Vijitha Herath has been appointed as the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation. Accordingly, he is scheduled to assume duties on Tuesday. He was appointed to the post by President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on the 19th, removing him from the post of Chairman of the Electricity Board. Jagath Wellawatte was forcibly removed from the post of Chairman of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation and held the post for nearly a month. Representatives of the Treasury had strongly objected to the stay. Also, even the top officials of the institution have faced a major crisis because compliance with the orders of a removed chairman has created legal issues.
Sri Lanka reported another 61 covid 19 related deaths yesterday
Another 61 deaths due to corona infection have been announced by the Government Information Department. Accordingly, the number of deaths due to covid 19 infection in the country has increased to 4441.