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Provide relief TUESDAY to those badly 3 November 2020 LATEST EDITION affected – PM VOL: 09/266 PRICE : Rs 30.00 BY W.K. PRASAD MANJU In Sports Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has given instructions SLC to Meet Health to relevant officials to provide Officials Today relief to people in areas where the quarantine curfew has been Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials will imposed, due to the difficulties have a special meeting with health faced by them. authorities today at 3:00 p.m. to He said the Government has discuss matters related to hosting the already begun a programme to Lanka Premier League (LPL) 2020. provide relief to the masses in areas where the A16 quarantine curfew is continuing. Story Continued on PAGE 2 COVID-19 affected Govt provides AG Orders Probe Rs 10,000 worth essentials Y ABIYA AFFOOR On Land Grabbers B N V The Government has decided to quarantine Hambantota Mayor, three others under the microscope COVID-19 infected households and related households and is providing them with a bag of essential food items worth Rs 10,000, Head of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and CCTV footage shows group trespassing private property Poverty Alleviation, Basil Rajapaksa said. BY HANSI NANAYAKKARA Denister Ajith Balasuriya, Sanith Sanjeewa also mentioned in his letter to the Acting Story Continued on PAGE 2 Weeraratne and Mohammad Nazeerdeen. IGP that further viewing of the CCTV Attorney General Dappula de Livera has The AG has also informed the Acting IGP footage had revealed that a certain group, ordered Acting IGP Chandana D. that while viewing the CCTV footage of an after having broken the padlocks of a gate Between 2009 and now Wickramaratne to probe an allegation incident, which had been posted on certain at the entrance of a land in Nugegoda, made on social media regarding an illegal social media platforms, it has come to light could be seen entering it unlawfully. She grab of properties owned by persons living that bogus land deeds had been compiled said that hence, the AG has forwarded the 550 warships overseas, by Hambantota Mayor Eraj on behalf of Fernando by Balasuriya, digital video disc containing the CCTV Ravindra Fernando and three others. Jayaratne said. footage of the incidents for AG’s Coordinating Officer, State Counsel She added that the AG has also pointed Wickramaratne’s perusal and he has Nishara Jayaratne yesterday (02) said, the out that Fernando had also allegedly used ordered Wickramaratne to probe the arrived in SL three others against whom the probe would his own private security firm to trespass alleged incidents fully and submit a report – Prof. Colombage be conducted besides Fernando are the lands. Jayaratne added that the AG has to him within 96 hours. BY SULOCHANA RAMIAH MOHAN Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary, Admiral Prof. At Dambulla Economic Centre Jayanath Colombage, told several senior Sri Lankan Unusual increase School vacation and Indian academics and regional experts, in a 3 million kilos of webinar discussion held yesterday (2), that Sri in air pollution extended by Lanka is fortunately or unfortunately on the crossroads in the Indian Ocean with both Indo- levels – NBRO veggies go a-begging Pacific strategic and the Belt and Road initiative and two weeks at the same time closely observing the movement of BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK BY BUDDHIKA SAMARAWEERA the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or the Quad comprising the US, India, Japan and According to data from the National The Education Ministry yesterday (2) Around 3,000,000 kilos of vegetables have been Australia. Building Research Organisation’s (NBRO) decided to postpone the reopening of piled up at the Dambulla Dedicated Economic Air Quality Measurement Centre, Sri schools for the third term by two weeks. Centre (DDEC) without being sold, due to the Story Continued on PAGE 2 Lanka is witnessing an unusual increase Accordingly, schools are set to re-open current situation. in air pollution levels these days. on 23 November, Secretary to the The atmospheric particulate matter Education Ministry, Professor Kapila Story Continued on PAGE 2 levels in Colombo, Kandy, Puttalam, Perera said. Blood reserves Vavuniya, Jaffna and other areas have Schools were scheduled to re-open on 9 risen abnormally since 27 October. November. Brandix dropping Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 Minuwangoda facility BY BUDDHIKA SAMARAWEERA remains closed Blood reserves stored at the National Blood Centre No imminent lockdown Following reports that the Brandix Minuwangoda (NBC) have decreased slightly, with the onset of the facility would re-open yesterday (2), Brandix stated second wave of the COVID-19, said Director Dr. BY CHAMARA AMARASURIYA that it will remain closed until further notice. Lakshman Edirisinghe. – Army Chief Head of the Presidential Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 Taskforce for the Prevention of this regard on certain websites the Spread of COVID-19, Army and social media platforms. Commander Lieutenant General Silva also urged the public not With no Media in gallery Ministry retracts earlier decision Shavendra Silva says to date no to fall prey to such fabrications decision has been taken with and malicious content being regard to enforcing a country- circulated through such forums. Parliament to sit for COVID-19 ruled out wide lockdown to tackle the He requested those in areas spread of the second wave of the where the quarantine curfew two hours today as cause of death pandemic here. was not in effect to also remain For the first time in history, Parliament is He made this remark in indoors without venturing scheduled to be convened today (3) without the BY DILANTHI JAYAMANNE response to claims posted in outdoors at this time. presence of the Media in the gallery. Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 A2 TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER 2020 NEWS Derailing efforts of soldiers tackling COVID-19 spread BY W.K. PRASAD MANJU certain non-Governmental rapid spread of the second wave of the But, he emphasised that such Eelam. Silva said that the soldiers organisation had begun to carry out a COVID-19 pandemic. He alleged that tactics will not deter his troops under were checking the body temperature The Head of the Presidential Task coordinated campaign through the modus operandi of this group is to any circumstances as they were made of people randomly and insisted that Force to Tackle COVID-19, Army various social media platforms to derail the efforts of the soldiers in of sterner stuff after having wiped out it was being done as part of the health Commander Lieutenant General sling mud at soldiers who are tackling the rapid spread of the fatal the world’s most barbaric terrorist guidelines to prevent people from Shavendra Silva charged that a presently striving hard to control the illness. group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil falling victim to the deadly illness. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Govt provides... 550 warships arrived... “The funds have been provided by the Prof Colombage also raised concerns over the of world’s bulk cargo and 72% world’s Party Politburo member Yang Jiechi and also Treasury. If more provisions are required we are militarisation of maritime trade in the Indian energy passes, he noted that Sri Lanka is to Secretary of State Pompeo, said the Foreign ready to provide them. It is necessary to continue Ocean region. “In the 21st century the Indian seated on a ‘gold mine’. Noting further that Sri Secretary. the essential livelihood activities on the advice of ocean is militarised and that’s a fact and it was Lanka is also in close proximity to India which He further stressed that the Sri Lankan the Health authorities. The Task Force has evident because between 2009 and now, 550 is a huge market, fast-growing economy since Government will not allow its territory, land or decided to provide a living allowance of Rs 5,000 warships from 20 countries have visited Sri 2018, Sri Lanka has come to the limelight sea, to be a threat to another country and also to eligible people in the Colombo, Kalutara and Lanka, which is a huge number,” he said. geopolitically, geo-strategically and geo- vowed that the security of India will not be Gampaha Districts where curfew has been Pointing that there is no secret about the economically in the region. challenged. “We understand their maritime imposed. This allowance will be given to eligible Quad and its developments now, but Sri “Many countries have access to Sri Lanka, security under which we need to be benefited,” families who do not have a bag of essential food Lanka is watching as it is an exclusive namely, the EU, UK, South Korea, and even he said reiterating there is a huge challenge in items and have lost their livelihood due to the military alliance between its members and that Russia. Majority players including China are the future. curfew,” added Rajapaksa. could raise tensions and problems. “If the crisscrossing Sri Lanka.” On Pompeo’s visit, Colambage noted that it He further pointed out that the Divisional Quad is aiming at an economic revival in the Hence, Prof Colombage said that Sri Lanka is was not a contentious meeting as the Media Secretariats, in collaboration with the Municipal region that would not be an issue, technically a non-aligned country but many expected but a very good diplomatic visit. Councils, the Police, the local Health service however, that cannot be decided by a small are arguing on this where even the Indian The webinar ‘Deepening India-Sri Lanka Ties offices and Grama Niladhari committees, are country like Sri Lanka but by major powers,” Foreign Secretary also had queried the in the New World Order’ consisted of a stellar responsible for implementing the Government’s he added.