Suspicious coconut oilcontainer seized; Dambulla :
Suspicious coconut oilcontainer seized; Dambulla : None of the coconut oil samples are carcinogenic – Coconut Development Authority Dambulla police had seized a container suspected to be containing contaminated coconut oil unfit for human consumption, police spokesman said.The container of coconut oil was taken into the police custody. Also, The Coconut Development Authority reported that none of the oile samples submitted to them for testing contained the carcinogenic Alfatoxin. Piyasena Edirimanne Director of Coconut Development Authority said that Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) had handed over 50 samples of packaged coconut oil currently on sale in the market to its authority for testing and this reported after a proper laboratory testing.
Today is Good Friday
Today is Good Friday, a day celebrated with great devotion by Christians.On this day, Christians around the world will commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus and his death on Calvary.It is a Christian tradition to hold services in all churches.
3 women killed after a container topples over a three-wheeler in Nuwaraeliya
Three women were died and a man was injured collision between a container and a three-wheeler in NuwaraEliya today (April 1) The lorry was coming from behind crashed and toppled on three wheeler NuwaraEliya Welimada main road. The three wheeler was going towards Welimada and the lorry too was heading towards the same direction crashed on to the threewheeler from behind as a result of the driver of the container not being able to control the vehicle, Police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said. The driver of the threewheeler was severely injured and admitted to the Nuwara Eliya Hospital. Driver of the lorry had escaped after the accident, but the police arrested the lorry’s helper and a special Police team has been investigating to apprehend the lorry driver. Photos by Daily mirror
Runway dining: Japan’s biggest airline is offering first-class dining on a parked plane for $540
After starting the corona virus pandemic most of the Airlines had faced big troubles with the traveling restrictions. Because they had to keep their flights on the ground. So a number of airlines have been thinking creatively about what to do with grounded planes during the pandemic. All Nippon Airways (ANA) japan started offering the food service in a Boeing 777 parked at Haneda Airport in Tokyo yesterday (March 31)and going added more opportunities for April after they sold out quickly.A first-class seat costs 59,800 yen and also there is a cheaper business-class experience for 29,800 yen. The “restaurant with wings” idea was conceived by employees who wanted to make better use of its parked aircraft.(BBC) Singapore airline also had done the same thing in octomber last year using Airbus A380.
New bodycam footages of George Floyd death; I am not a bad guy
A Minneapolis court has released new police bodycam footage of George Floyd pleading with officers during his arrest. He was saying: “I’m not a bad guy” for few times and the camera shows that police officer Derek Chauvin stucked his knee on Mr Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, and Mr Floyd begging not to be harmed saying he had done nothing wrong. He also said on the clip “Please don’t shoot me… I just lost my mom.” and further after he handcuffed he continued to plead that he is not resisting them and “will do anything you tell me to”. Also the court took the ideas from the witnesses on the case and the youngest one was apologising for” not doing more”. And most of them were emotional on the case. The video footage of Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck last May was watched around the world and that lead to a world wide protest against racism.
A beer container collides with a tile lorry ; Anuradhapura
A lorry and a beer container had collided at Moragoda on the Anuradhapura-Padeniya main road. The lorry was transporting tiles from Colombo to Jaffna and a vehicle transporting beer from Biyagama to Anuradhapura collided with each other. The lorry transporting the tiles was parked near the road when the container which came from behind collided with the lorry. No one was injured in the accident and police is suspecting that the driver may have fallen asleep while driving.
Ravi Karunanayake & 07 accused in bond case released on bail
Special three judge panel (Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar) ordered to release former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven others today (April 1) who on bail who had been arrested and remanded over the third alleged bond scam amounting to Rs. 15 billion on March 31, 2016. It is on a cash bail of Rs. 10 lakhs each and two personal bails of Rs. 100 lakhs each.The bench rejected the plaintiffs’ request to remand the accused in custody till the end of the trial. Also the High Court Trial-at-Bar imposed a travel ban on all eight accused. The case was taken up today before a bench of Justices Amal Ranaraja, Namal Balalle and Aditya Patabendige.
Over 1kg of heroin found in Maradhana and Jaffna
Colombo Central Divisional Crime Investigation Unit had found 1kg and 78 g of heroin in shanty complex during a raid on the Maradana Courts Road today. Heroin was under Maradana police for futher investigations and itll be produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court today Also police had found 10 million worth of heroin inside a house in the Vadukkoddai area in Kayts Jaffna. Police is suspecting that heroin was smuggled from India by sea.A 50 years old suspect was arrested and he will be remanded untill April 14th after being produced in the Mallakam Court.
Teacher from Ananda College infected with corona
M. Balasuriya, Public Health Inspectors’ (PHI) Union Secretary, stated that it is reported that a male teacher from Ananda College Colombo tested positive for COVID 19 yesterday (March 31) Teacher was attached to the school hostel and PCR tests are conducting for the students today.Also PHI s were investigating on the associates of the teacher.
Facebook bans the Voice of Donald Trump
Former US President Donald Trumps daughter-in-law Lara Trump has posted a video of herself interviewing Mr Trump on a range of issues. But the Facebook company has decided to remove the video from her account. Facebook has officially informed about the decisions to her. Facebook banned Mr Trump from its platform in January 7, a day after the Capitol riots by his supporters on the Capitol building in Washington. “We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.” Facebook chief Mark Zuckerburg said defending the banning. Lara Trump, a new Fox News contributor, is married to Mr Trump’s son Eric.