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Two players engaged in an exchange of words creating an unpleasant scene in the middle of the

This incident took place when Ishant Sharma was operating as the 11th batsman in the Indian second innings and when Sri Lankan player Dhammika Prasad was bowling in the 77th over of the innings. Dhammika had been delivering bouncers in that over continuously and Sharma faced the first second bouncers with a smile on his face while on the third bouncer Sharma had approached Dhammika and had reprimanded him. Incidentally when the third bouncer-ball got entangled around his face area he approached Dhammika with some temper and proceeded to exchange harsh words at him. 

On this occasion Dinesh Chandimal too happened to come there and had patched up things while the judges settled the situation and ordered that the game resume. It later came to be known that Sharma was imposed a fine because of this anti-disciplinary behaviour. 

Sharma had displayed a similar anti-disciplinary type of behaviour in the first innings of Sri Lanka in this match at a time Rangana Herath was batting and on that particular situation he had got involved in a controversy with Rangana. 

Some photographs at the moment of the incident, from BELOW

At the investigation into the petition against KP alias Kumaran Padmanadan the former leader of the international unit of the LTTE Organisation, the Attorney-General

The MP of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, Vijitha Herath had filed a petition asking that an Order be issued to take KP into custody and produce him before courts ; but the Attorney-General has notified the Appeal Courts saying that no guilt against him has been revealed in the investigations so far conducted. Information came streaming in that it was across KP that international money began flowing into the LTTE Organisation at a time when the organisation was active. The Tamil Net Website broadcast that he was made the leader of that organisation after the death of Prabhakaran.

KP was in a short period of time found residing overseas and the international police managed to arrest him when he was there and subsequently brought him to Sri Lanka and it is reported that because of his financial power the former regime had provided him security and that advantages were reaped thereby.

The attorney-at-law who appeared on behalf of the government said that although he had several charges against him, none of those could be proved. The Appeal Courts has instructed that a report on the investigations at hand be forwarded on or before October 28th.

On the 17th and the 28th instant the water supply to the Colombo and some suburban areas had to

It is now learnt that as the defect had been rectified properly the environmental protection permit  issued by the central environmental authority has been given back to the coca cola factory authorities fro them to resume operational work in the factory uninterrupted.

As a result of this defect the work in the coca cola factory had been forced to stop  for two weeks until the defect in the pipe was rectified. The central environmental authority had issued this permit today the 31st temporarily.

This had been decided by the Chairman of the central environmental authority Professor Lal  Mervyn Dharmasiri. However for the damages caused the Coco Cola company had been ordered to pay a fine.

The appointed Member of Parliament Wimal Weerawansa had prevented the President

At this meeting with all the opposition party leaders a request was made for the President to remain silent the appointment of the opposition leader be allowed to be made with a collective agreement of the leaders of the UPFA parties. For this the President Maithripala Sirisena had given his approval and  had consented in electing the leader of the opposition.

Information revealed that 3 security officers ...

The Criminal Investigation Department has said that four persons suspected of having murdered Rugby player Thajudeen have been identified by now. Among them are three from the President's Security Unit while one other is a Sri Lankan who is

The three members of the President's Security Unit suspected in this case are in Sri Lanka at the moment, the senior officer says and that the Criminal Investigation Department is on the look out for them and that he believes that it would be possible to accost the three of them within the next two weeks. A certain former embassy official has provided support for the person currently residing in Britain to flee from Sri Lanka and inquiries are being conducted over certain irregularities of that embassy official too. 

It has been revealed by investigations carried out so far that no vehicular accident has occured at the location where Thajudeen's dead body was found and that though the front portion of the vehicle had been on fire it has been exposed that over half of the fuel tank had been full. The dead body of Thajudeen had not been found on the driving-seat but instead on the front seat next to it. The Criminal Investigation Department further says that on inspections conducted at the location of the accident itself there were no traces of evidence of such an accident.

The Criminal Investigation Department state that investigations are being conducted to inquire whether the Narahenpita Police have given a distorted report. The exhumed dead body of Thajudeen is being subjected to further investigation while attention is being focused on the factor whether the information forwarded to the courts by the Criminal Investigation Department is similar to the information about damages sustained in relation to the bones of his body. The Criminal Investigation Department has been able to find out from investigations conducted this far that the said officers of the President's Security Unit had prior to the death of Thajudeen discussed collectively at their canteen. The Judicial Medical Report about Thajudeen's death is expected to be forwarded to courts on 10th of next month.

Ranjan Ramanayaka who has secured a large majority of votes from Gampaha District at the last General Election has spoken about his victory and actors - actresses entering parliament. It is as follows:

* The reason why you are selected with a large majority of votes from Gampaha District and is in the forefront .... is it because you are an actor or the political process?

 
A large number of factors contribute to that. I think factors like the trust that developed within the public over me, pedigree, the manner in which the trust of the people has been won, the fact that I stayed upright on behalf of the country .... that there's no ethanol, drugs coming in, that I took no bribes from anybody, that I didn't plunder public property .... all these contributed towards being appointed with the biggest number of Preferential Votes.

* You're a person who came to Divulapitiya District in Gampaha out of the blues. Didn't you suddenly dawn on Ratnapura like that before this too? 

 
None of these things happened because I wanted. My first appointment was for the Katana Seat in Gampaha District as chief organiser. I was there for about one and a half years. This journey when we were defeated in 2005 and the Party was on four legs brings with it a big challenge like 'kill and commit suicide' too. This Seat is the Seat of Mr. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle .... very powerful. It was when I undertook to defeat this and was engaged in my political activities after establishing 68 societies that I had to go to Ratnapura.

* How is it that you had to go to Ratnapura?

 
Those days Dasa Hapuwalana of Lankadeepa Newspaper drew a cartoon .... where Mr. Ranil Wickremasingha was  coming, keeping in his hand an application form for the position of Chief Minister for Sabaragamuwa Province and a beggar on the street started running. At that time the Party was helpless with no Chief Minister candidate for Ratnapura. When I was able to win as No. 1 from Gampaha District, I tell Mr. Ranil Wickremasingha, "if it's a problem for you sir ... I'll contest for the Chief Minister post in Ratnapura and win and give you". He responded saying, "A great thing". Saying so he appointed me there. By that time I hadn't kept my foot in Ratnapura for 15 years as such.  

  In the end I went to Ratnapura for shooting of the teledrama Menik nadiya gala basi of Ananda Abeynayaka 15 years before. There also I took up a big challenge. I didn't even have the vote from that area, in the least. When I came to Ratnapura and what I told the people was that "I haven't cheated, haven't got involved in corruption and deceit ... so give me the vote". I won by getting 36,000 lakhs Preferential Votes. But the Party lost. The Chief Minister at that time took so much revenge on me. I didn't betray the trust. 

It was during that period that I had to contest for the General Election from the Balangoda Seat. An MP Seat for Balangoda was given after 20 years. Though things were such, my strong request was to hand me the Katana Seat, my birthplace where my relatives were. After the exit of Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena I get the organiser post of the Negombo Seat. After that, I undertook the position of District Organiser there and got involved in activities such as various debates and protests. In the process I was also elected to the Executive Committee. At the last provincial council election too I made a request to contest for the vote relinquishing my position at the parliament. But what Mr. Ranil Wickremasingha said was that I should be there to speak in parliament.

* Why were you posted in Divulapitiya this time?

 
The Negombo and Katana Seats were won at the last Presidential Election. So I was told to win the Divulapitiya Seat which we had lost for 20 years. I was put there with a challenge. I accepted all these challenges. I made the Gampaha District win with something close to 30,000. With popular seniors in the Party there, I have been appointed with the biggest number of Preferential Votes. When considering where the Party is concerned, it is I who is in the third position out of those who clinched the biggest number of Preferential Votes.

* Do you think that your gaining those biggest number of Preferential Votes was not affected because of being an actor?

 
But there are many actors - actresses who have been defeated by losing their deposits also. In history ... Gamini Fonseka, Vijaya Cumaratunga have won. But I think that principles and political activities which people could feel more than as being a screen idol affects more than this as a percentage.

* Can't some people think that just as much as you didn't do something for Ratnapura .. you won't do for Divulapitiya too?

 
It's true that some people ask what I did for Ratnapura. But I didn't do illicit gem mining in Ratnapura, didn't sell rocks and gravel. I didn't sell granite. Didn't rob Samurdhi. I didn't transport ganja from the vehicles I own. Didn't bring drugs. Was not involved in any form of illicit thing. I have respected the vote given by the public of Ratnapura. So is there any service more than that? I didn't even take the vote of the public and keep jumping from one side to the other either. I am in politics because of the public. Even today I have no house to call my own. I am in a house given for an MP for which rent is being paid with public funds. Even water bills, light bills are paid with public funds.

* You held the post of a Deputy Minister in the last government. This time you must be anticipating a responsible Ministerial post, don't you?

 
To say that a position of a Minister is not anticipated after making Gampaha trounce with a majority of votes and clinching the biggest number of Preferential Votes, is bunkem. I expect a good Minister post. I anticipate a post of a Minister where I could provide a service for the vote given by the people.

* Will you leave Divulapitiya too like you did in the case of Ratnapura?

 
That's a question which most people ask me. I really feel sorry about it. I did all that on behalf of the Party. I left my home town, my relatives, my close associates .... I left a lovable place. I did all that for the sake of the Party.

* You say that you got the biggest number of votes because you were a person free from corruption, deceit, robbery and was someone who was law-abiding. But, aren't those who were labelled as being in the corrupted and charlatans list during the past once again being appointed to parliament? 

 
It's a very sorrowful as well as an unpleasant situation. Whatever it is, we'll be fighting in parliament over this. I am actually born to fight. I didn't come to parliament and draw a salary for nothing .... will not take so either. What most people did was come to parliament and eat from the canteen and go away after waiting like dumb people. If one comes for 04 sessions for an year ... it's complete. How many like that who went home after drawing the biggest pension were staying like that for 5 years?

* What do you think about losers being taken into parliament?

 
Sad. Of course they were defeated because there was an opposition against them from the public. But our Party hasn't done anything like that. If the others also followed suit it would be good.

* This time there are only two actors - actresses in the parliament isn't it?

 
If they work properly ... it's enough. Everybody knows what was done by those who were there during the past no. They built resting-places for artistes to rest. White elephants such as Ranmihitenna was built. Festivals such as AIFA was held and Salmon Kahn and Jacolines were brought. Then some people will ask what did Ranjan Ramanayaka do. It was I who complained of irregularities that took place in the field of teledrama during the past period. We continuously fought to bring about a media dialogue across Nili mas, Dada mas. On the occasion when it was said that guarantors are necessary when buying vehicles for artistes, we voiced our opinion in that connection. We suggested that vehicle loans be brought up to 17 lakhs from 14 lakhs.

* How do you view the defeat of someone like Rosy Senanayaka in your Party who has affiliation with the field of cinema too?

 
That of course has to be asked from the public themselves. I can't understand why people like Geetha Kumarasingha, Prasanna Ranaweera, Nimal Lansa, Choka Malli who were appointed by the vote fail to notice Rosy.     

* You'll get a responsible post of Minister. What will happen to your position as an actor?

 
Both these will be on an equal footing. I don't have many attachments in life. I have no family to look after. I don't have to take children to school ... for tuition classes. I don't have to take my wife shopping. So there's a lot of time left for me. My acting-life will be there as usual. I believe that my bachelor life would stand me in good stead for me to indulge in Minister duties and in acting, in the proper manner.

From the month of January 2018 the using of Asbestos roofing sheets and the manufacture and the sale of Asbestos roofing sheets has been by an order from President Maithripala Sirisena.

The reason for this decision that scientists have through investigations have proved beyond doubt that usage of Asbestos sheeting is a prime reason for acquiring  the deadly cancer decease.

In the meantime the usage of polythene is to banned from the month of January 2016 as it too has been proved by research via scientists that it is also injurious to health of human beings. This has been revealed by reputed scientists and in this connection related circulars are been prepared for circulation.

The President Maithripala Sirisena had mentioned on these important areas while speaking at the conclusion of the Kandy Esala annual procession in Kandy yesterday,. .

Today the 31st instant the President Maithripala Sirisena has called for a very special meeting with the UPFA Dinesh Gunawardena and Wimal Weerawansa faction, the leaders of the UPFA.

The meeting is to be held at the official residence of the President Maithripala Sirisena this morning at 9 .30 a.m.Those leaders who are invited are from the MEP,NFF (National Freedom Front)) and the Democratic Left Front and leaders of several other parties...

But the leaders of the Communist, Sama Samaja and Pivithuru Jathika Hela Urumata and other connected parties have not been invited.

When the leaders of the non invited parties  had inquired why they had not been invited no suitable reply had been given to them for not inviting them

Son of Palitha Thevarapperuma the Kalutara district Member of parliament of the United National Party,Sahan Thevarapperuma has expired suddenly yesterday the 30th instant. 

It is learnt that his son had been taken ill suddenly and had been admitted to a private nursing home where he had expired.The cause of death has been revealed as a germ had entered into his blood stream. The hospital investigations had revealed.

Sahan Thevapperuma is an old boy of Ananda Sratstalaya Matugama and the CWW Kannagara Vidyalaya.