Daily NEWS Srilanka

The United National Front candidate of the Colombo district Sujeewa Senasinghe has got

When a police constable was detailed to inquire the United National Front party Colombo district candidate had scolded the police constable. In this regard a statement is due to obtained from him.

Colombo Addl. Magistrate Nishantha Peiris yesterday ordered that 29 bank accounts supposed to belong to

The court also informed that the police was instructed to question Menaka Madhuwanthi too with regard to the incident. When the case regarding suspect-actress Aksha Sudhari was called yesterday she had appeared before courts and President's Counsel Attorney-at-Law Shanaka Ranasingha appeared on behalf of the actress who has been presently released on bail. This tele-actress who has maintained an intimate relationship with the married Indian National by the name of Gopiraj, a millionaire in his own rights had obtained a sum of money close upon 15 crores and then spent the money and engaged in various business activities. Later she had severed connections with him after which he had filed action in Sri Lankan courts for breach of trust. In association with the investigation conducted concerning suspect-actress Aksha Sudhari who had spent a part of the money totalling upto over 14 crores, the CID have already recorded statements from popular actress Menaka Madhuwanthi and 5 others.

The case is to be called once more on October 29th. Previous news item regarding the incident .... 15 crores financial fraud ... pedigree exposed because of Aksha Sudhari's illicit affair

A case of gunfire has been reported this morning (31) at Bloemendhal Road, Colombo 13 where
Minister Ravi Karunanayaka was to participate at a propaganda rally of the UNP.

Unidentified persons who had come in two vehicles had used T 56 weapons and had opened fire. As a result of this shooting some supporters who were present there had faced the shooting and 12 persons had been injured and admitted to the Colombo National Hospital as a consequence. There had been both females and males among those who had faced this gunfire. A middle-aged woman who was struck by bullets had been dead when admitted to the hospital and the condition of two others was critical, Director of the National Hospital, Dr. Anil Jasingha said.

Bullets are still found to be scattered around the place of the incident. Look forward to further information about the incident.

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Minister Ravi Karunanayaka spoke with regard to the attack aimed at a crowd of his supporters at a political rally held this morning.

"We will not allow a type of terrorism similar to this incident, in future. Damage was done to innocent, helpless people. I spoke to the Prime Minister, Inspector-General of Police and the President. A complete investigation will be carried out regarding this. There is eye-witness evidence too about this. Inquiries will be conducted about this in the future. Though we were targetted, we won't let this happen with the country being targetted".

Yesterday morning there was a strong rumour

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However in the evening the real reason for the resignation of Somaratna Dissanayake was revealed through a media briefing which was held bySomaratna Disanayake himself.The real reason for tendering his resignation was revealed was to play a huge role in the election campaign of the United National Front.. Hence it was proved beyond doubt Dilan Perera effort was to get political advantage.

After the former Minister Nandamithra

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However today the 30th instant the Ministers Jagath Pushpakumara and Wijith Wijayamuni Soysa had got on to the stage of Mahinda Rajapaksa in Moneragala.They too had been greeted with hooting and jeering by the supporters of the UPFA in the audience.

Mr. Somarathna Dissanayaka, Chairman of National Television who was appointed newly

No explanation as a reason has been given regarding this decision so far but he had mentioned that he would be revealing in detail why this decision was taken, at a press conference scheduled to be held this afternoon. Somarathna Dissanayaka who was an ardent Mahinda supporter in a political way during Mahinda Rajapaksa's time was involved in various problems and then changed the Party by holding a press conference appearing for a Maithri regime. Subsequently though it was reported that he was to get the position of the chairman of Rupavahini even before two or three days elapsed after the new government came into force, a disagreement over this decision by certain elements began to surface. For this very reason he even arranged a confrontation inviting those who were criticising him to voice their opinions and enter into an open debate; however nobody turned up. Subsequently he had made several changes in National Rupavahini during the past period and carried on with his activities.

Information regarding his decision to resign would be made known this afternoon.

A Company director who was accused of raping a 22 year old young girl was released yesterday by

The said girl had complained to the Police Special Investigation Unit against this director in the month of March last year. What she had said was that she came to know this Company director at a certain radio channel. She said that when she had gone there for a 11 year old's children's programme the person concerned had approached her and had given her a parcel of chocolates and later after asking where her house was had even come home. On the day he had come he had thrown a valuable mobile phone to the compound as if he had forgotten. When going to hand over the phone a friendship had developed between the two.

Subsequently for close upon a period of 10 years he had been meeting her and had been trying to give her hopes. However since he was a married man she had avoided him, the girl had said. Whatever it is, she had been duped and taken to a hotel and the Company director had taken steps to rape her. Later he had consoled her by saying that he would marry her. But such a thing had not happened. As such, she has sought the assistance of the police.

The said Company director is supposed to be one Prasad Nanayakkara as mentioned by the courts reporter; but what his Company was not stated.

Information has been revealed by now that the corpse that was found at the bus-halt in Bastian

Information has been revealed about her across phone calls received by police from relatives and friends of the victim who had identified her from photos published across the media. What police spokesman said was that it has been confirmed that she was a resident of Wadukkodai, Jaffna aged 34 years. Her husband is supposed to be employed overseas and after he had gone abroad she had started an illicit affair with another man, it has been revealed. Her household had said that though they had received information that she had left for Colombo in the company of this man about a week ago,there had been no news about her after that. There is news to say that she had spent hr time during the past few days and that she had stayed at a lodge in Colombo.

Information has also been revealed that the suitcase found with her dead body was the one she had taken with her when leaving home. It is reported that the clothes found in the suitcase were those used by her. What her relatives suspect is that this murder has taken place as a result of a conflict that had arisen with the man with whom she has had this illicit affair. It is still not known as to where he is. Police have launched a search over this person.

Further information has been unearthed about the female corpse which was found inside a bag of

The police who investigated the incident had to solve a problem as to how that bag was found. The incident as reported is as follows:

                            A couple who had been overseas had arrived in the island early morning today from Katunayaka Airport and had come in a bus to Pettah bus halt with the idea of going to Anuradhapura. A young man who was waiting for a moment when they were to alight from the bus had told them, "difficult to carry them isn't it .... I am also going to take the bus to Anuradhapura .... I'll help you to carry this".  So saying the young man had asked for one of their bags.  Thus they had allowed this youth whom they met on the way, to help them.

Whatever it is, this couple who got trapped by this trickster after walking some distance found that he had vanished with their bag. The owner said that there were items in that bag to the value of Rs. one and a half lakhs. Having lost the bag the couple who were rendered helpless had been telling those whom they met at the Anuradhapura bus-halt of their predicament of having lost their bag. In the process a middle-age man who was engaged in mobile business activities was on his way to a boutique to have his breakfast before starting his work and had casually come across this couple who were faced with the problem of their lost bag. This person having heard about what they said had searched around the place for the bag with the intention of helping the couple. However at the start he had not been able to find the bag concerned. Then having proceeded to have his breakfast had later come back and once more tried to look for the lost bag when he happened to notice a bag and a manure sack near Anuradhapura bus-halt. This person who went near that place then had started inquiring in a loud voice as to who the owners of these were. Ultimately it was found that the manure sack which was full of books in it had belonged to a man selling books. The owner of this sack had said that it belonged to him and had lifted it and carried it but had said that he does not know to whom the bag near the sack belonged to. The mobile trader who looked around having once more inquired about the owner of the bag and after understanding that there was no claimant for it, seeing the couple who were still staying there the mobile vendor had finally asked them to come over there and had inquired whether the bag found lying there belonged to them. The couple having examined the said bag noticing that it was bigger in size than the bag they were looking for had replied immediately that it was not their's. In that instance the mobile vendor who thought of examining the bag without an owner had got together with another trading-friend of his and had tried to open the bag from one corner. They had initially noticed something like a pillow and some clothing inside it. Later when they had tried to pull it out they were struck with surprise to suddenly see that there was a corpse too inside the bag. They had then shouted out in fear and a police officer who was on duty in the vicinity had been notified about this. The police officer after having come there and examining it had handed over this matter to a Pettah police team to investigate about it.

After noting down its markings and the post-mortem activities were conducted, it was concluded that the woman who was found dead inside had been murdered. Blood stains were found around her hair, neck and ears. A gold necklace was found around her neck intact and the pendant hanging on it had borne the 'Om' symbol, the police detected. There is also a suspicion that had emerged as to whether she had worked as a housemaid in some house and that she appeared to be a Tamil female and she has had a dot on her forehead. What the police say is that she could be someone aged between 32 to 40 years. Her height was 5 feet and 2 inches.

Her body had been folded in two and stuck inside a bag 3 feet in length and 2 feet wide with 1 foot high and about half of her body was covered with a woman's clothing. The other clothing is suspected to be those that have been worn by her. No information has still been uncovered as to who she is and from where she had come. CCTV investigations too are being conducted to ascertain as to who had brought the dead body there.

The police are asking for public support to identify the corpse of the woman. Some photographs of the dead body taken this afternoon have been released to the media for this purpose and they could be seen below.

Last night, the 29th instant the Piliyandala police have taken into custody three persons and a pulp

The theme that was written on the posters was “Jathiye Weerawansaya liyanaata” a workshop was to be held with the photograph of Wimal Weerawansa.There had been no indication of the name of the printer or the registered number of the press which had printed them.

The three persons who were arrested are all from the Dampe area in Piliyandala and are to be produced before the Kesbewa Magistrate today the 30th instant.

At the meeting held in Yatinuwara led by the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa anumber of

On an earlier occasion while protesting against Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's inquiry near the Bribery commissioner's office in Colombo with distorted national flags some leading politicians were warned by courts' authorities. Here too knowing or not knowingly for displaying the national flag of the minority communities with green and orange lines, the Chairman of the Yatinuwara Pradeshiya Sabha,Thusitha Kumara Welagedara has been arrested by the Magistrate courts of Kadugannawa today for this offence.

Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga who returned from the United Kingdom only a few

But it is learnt now that she would only assist in the campaign of the United National front and would speak while she alights on the stage with the Venerable Sobitha Thera and the leaders of the civil and trade union organisations in order to support them.