A four-year-old girl found in a locked house
A 4-year-old girl who went missing in a remote part of Australia has been found safe. That was 18 days after she disappeared. The girl, Cleo Smith, had gone with her family to a camp in the town of Carnarvon in the state of Western Australia. The girl had gone missing on October 16 while camping there. According to the foreign media, a massive search operation was launched to find the girl. The Western Australian government has announced a reward of up to AUS$ 1 million for information leading to the capture of Smith. More than 100 police officers and emergency personnel were involved in the search operation. In addition to the land operation, an air and sea operation was launched to find her. After a thorough search, Cleo Smith was found inside a locked house in the town of Carnarvon. The girl was rescued by the police who broke down the door of the house. A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the incident and is being questioned, Australian police said. The girl has now been back with her parents.
Minister came in a wheel chair loses summit
An Israeli minister in a wheelchair has been denied access to the United Nations Climate Change Summit. It is reported that the minister who came with the delegation of the Israeli Prime Minister was unable to attend the conference held in Glasgow, Scotland due to the lack of facilities provided by the organizers. Israeli Minister Karen Elhara, who was out of the hall for about two hours, has expressed her sad response to the United Nations. It is reported that a complaint has been lodged with the organizers. The Israeli delegation has stated that their group will not participate if the relevant Minister loses the opportunity to enter the summit premises today (02).
Two more T20 World Cup matches are scheduled today
Two more matches of the World Twenty20 Cricket Tournament will be played today (02). The match between Bangladesh and South Africa and the match between Namibia and Pakistan will be played in Abu Dhabi. England, who are unbeaten in the first group with eight bonus points, have already qualified for the semi-finals. There is a fierce rivalry between Australia and South Africa for second place in that group. Pakistan, who are unbeaten in the second group with six bonus points, have an easy chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. New Zealand or Afghanistan have a better chance of finishing second in that group.
Around 700 in Sri Lanka have links with ISIS terrorists
An investigation has been launched into 702 Sri Lankans suspected of being involved in terrorist activities and Maintaining close ties with members of the ISIS operates from India The Terrorism Investigation Division has informed the Colombo Additional Magistrate. The court spokesman said that while checking the mobile phone of the arrested suspect by the Indian state intelligence agencies, information about the relevant persons was reported. Lectures, audio recordings and photographs of a Muslim extremist, Saharan Hashim, were also found on the phone. The Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) has informed the court that the arrested suspect is being detained and questioned on detention orders.
China tighten up the covid 19 related restrictions
China continues to tighten its covid 19 related restrictions to eradicate the covid pandemic from the country ahead of next year’s Winter Olympics. China has identified the world’s first official covid infected and has now successfully controlled the spread of covid. However, they enforce strict border laws and still follow the method of nullifying the covid distribution. Under this, the Chinese government is taking steps to test as many people as possible. With the identification of one covid infection, they took steps to temporarily close Shanghai Disneyland for two days. Russia, meanwhile, had the world’s highest number of covid infections and deaths in the past day. That’s more than 40,000 infected and 1,155 deaths. With this, the number of global covid infections has exceeded 247,800,000 and the number of reported deaths is over 5,020,000.
A gold plate belonging to the historical Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya has been stolen
It is reported that a gold plate belonging to the historical Ruhunu Kataragama Maha Devalaya has been stolen. A special police team from the Colombo Crimes Division has gone to Kataragama to launch a special investigation into the incident, a senior police official said. The gold plate, which weighs about 38 pounds, was donated by a devotee to the shrine in 2019, the official said. The senior officer said that a complaint had been lodged with the police regarding the theft of the gold plate about two weeks ago.
Exam dates for the year 2021 have been announced.
Grade 5, Advanced Level and Ordinary Level students who are scheduled to sit for the examinations have been given sufficient time to complete their studies after the opening of the schools and those dates have been announced. Accordingly, the Minister of Education has submitted a revised timetable for the examinations to be held in the year 2021 to the Cabinet and it has been approved. The exam schedule is given below. * Grade 5 Scholarship Examination – will be held on Saturday 22nd January 2022. * The GCE Advanced Level Examination will be held from Monday 7th February to Saturday 5th March 2022. * The GCE Ordinary Level Examination for Education will be held from Monday 23rd May 2022 to Wednesday 01st June 2022.
HEROIC GESTURE BY DESHAMANYA LALITH KOTALAWAELA; SANCTIONS THE REILEF TO DEPOSITERS OF TROUBLED F&G GROUP OF COMPANIES
Today the drama of troubled F& G companies namely F&G RECL and F&G PDL reached a new milestone when Chairman Deshamanya Lalith Kotalawalea and Deputy Chairman Mr. Mervin Jayasinghe consented to the supreme court order and sanctioned the relief to the depositors of both companies. As reveled in this web site earlier depositors were in dilemma with regards to the outcome of the share holders meeting which was scheduled on 2 nd November 2021 deciding their fate. Supreme court assisted by central bank central bank formulated a proposal to settle the depositors with a Rs 500 million cash influx from a private sector investment and the investment agreement was signed with the investor on 30 th April 2021. The process took an ugly turn when some of the share holders took a position to delay and default the settlement to depositors deliberately. However the depositors can heave a sigh of relief when the Chairman and the deputy Chairman has approved their cause in writing well before the meeting and it’s expected that other share holders will toe the line at the meeting on 2 nd November.
Taliban leader hold meeting in public
Taliban leader Mulla Hibertullah Akundzadah has attended a public meeting for the first time. Foreign media reports that he has participated in a ceremony held yesterday (30) with the participation of his supporters in the city of Kandahar in Afghanistan. Akundzada, who has been a leader of the Taliban since 2016, has not attended a public meeting since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. There were also reports that Hibertullah Akundzada had died as a result of not appearing in public.
Shakib Al Hasan will miss the rest of the World Cup matches
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been stepped out due to a foot injury. According to international media reports, he will miss the remaining two matches of the Twenty20 World Cup. They are scheduled to play against South Africa tomorrow (02) and the final in Bangladesh will be against Australia on November 4. Shakib was injured while defending in the recent match against West Indies.