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Sharia Law Played Quarantine Residents Four Flee Area by Dilanthi Jayamanne, Shiran – Cardinal Ranasinghe and M.A.P HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY Seeking Balm to 4 december 2020 LATE CITY EDITION Restore Trust VOL: 10/013 PRICE : Rs 30.00 with Agitating Farmers In Sports Avishka’s cameo PAGE A6 help Jaffna Sea Power, Chinese Stallions maintain Smarts and American unbeaten streak Avishka Fernando’s power hitting Complacency guided Jaffna Stallions to snatch another comfortable 5-wicket victory over Galle Gladiators and maintain.... A16 PAGE A7 325 test COVID-19 Easter Attacks positive in Atulugama Infected persons Bandaragama directed to MOH cautions Sharia Law Played quarantine residents Four flee area BY DILANTHI JAYAMANNE, SHIRAN – Cardinal RANASINGHE AND M.A.P. DEEN (AMPARA Major Part CORRESPONDENT) Out of 689 PCR tests conducted on a group of BY BUDDHIKA SAMARAWEERA Province, M.L.A.M. Hizbullah, and Investigations should be people from Atulugama, 325 had tested positive to to discuss the matter. conducted not only by the COVID-19, while four infected persons had fled the Muslims may consider Sharia Cardinal Ranjith also said if the Presidential Commission of area. Law important, but that does not investigations into the bombings Inquiry, but also through other Bandaragama Medical Officer-of-Health, Nimesha mean it could be interpreted or on 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday Government agencies. We do not Ratnaweera, urged the people of Bandaragama and introduced as the law of the are not conducted properly, other expect this to be swept under the Atulugama to be wary of the spread of the fatal... country and forced on other alternatives would have to be carpet as usual for political communities or used to intimidate found. He also said, “We will have advantages and other deals," he Story Continued on PAGE 2 and influence other communities, to hand over the responsibility to said, and added that he hoped that Archbishop of Colombo, Malcolm other parties and look for all agencies investigating the Cardinal Ranjith insisted. alternative measures if the ongoing incident, including the Cardinal also pointed out that investigations are not conducted CID, would work to investigations conducted so far on properly.” uncover the forces the brutal Easter Sunday Attacks Speaking to the Media at the behind it. have shown that Sharia Law and Archbishop’s House in Colombo Dr. institutions that advocate or yesterday, Cardinal Ranjith added Jayawardena preach Sharia Law have played a that it was not appropriate to said a Sectoral major part in the attacks. reverse the ongoing investigations Oversight He said this when Samagi Jana into the Easter Sunday bombings Committee Balawegaya Parliamentarian, Dr. due to day-to-day issues and that Kavinda Jayawardena, met him added that Catholics would remain investigated yesterday (3), to request his vigilant until the truth about the the Cyclone Burevi departs intervention in pressuring the matter is uncovered. Batticaloa Government to take over the “The Government and the Campus SL with no serious impact Batticaloa Campus owned by the President have promised a full during the Over 12,000 persons affected former Governor of the Eastern investigation into the bombings. tenure of... BY NAALIR JAMALDEEN Story Continued on PAGE 2 The Department of Meteorology yesterday (3) said, Cyclone Burevi is moving out and the impact is Nominations to five Mahara Prison to gradually waning. O/L Exam in Assistant Director of the Mullaitivu District Commissions approved remain a Quarantine Disaster Management Centre (DMC), Sinnathambi March next year Lingesvarakumar said, 536 families numbering BY GAGANI WEERAKOON AND Centre – Lohan 1,581 persons have been affected in the ... BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK METHMALIE DISSANAYAKE BY W.K. PRASAD MANJU Story Continued on PAGE 2 The 2020 GCE O/L Exam, which was The Parliamentary Council yesterday (3), postponed to next year, will be held in March approved President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s State Minister of 2021. The decision was taken after taking nominations to the National Election Prison Management into account that most schools were closed Commission (NEC), the Public Service and Prisoner Not banning TNA a big due to the spread of COVID-19, Education Commission (PSC), the National Police Rehabilitation, Minister Professor G.L. Peiris said. Commission (NPC), the Human Rights Lohan Ratwatte, mistake – Weerasekara He added that 621,000 students had Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) and the said it has been applied to sit for the Exam, noting that they Commission to Investigate Allegations of decided to maintain BY GAGANI WEERAKOON could not sit for it from 8 to 27 January 2021 Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). the Mahara Prison AND METHMALIE as previously scheduled due to the pandemic. Accordingly, the current Legal Adviser of as a Quarantine DIssANAYAKE He noted the Ministry of Education expects to EC, Nimal Punchihewa, will chair the EC Centre and to also hold the Exam in March and do not hope to while M.M. Mohamed, Gunapala conduct Rapid Minister of Public postpone it further. Wickramage, Jeevan Thyagarajah and K.P.P. Antigen tests on all Security, Rear Admiral Pathirana will serve as Members. 2,800 detainees at (retired) Sarath Story Continued on the Prison after Weerasekara yesterday (3), PAGE 2 seven days, to check opined that it was a big Story Continued on PAGE 2 whether they are COVID-19 positive. mistake not banning the 402 COVID-19 Ratwatte pointed out that this Tamil National Alliance Matale Mayor unfortunate incident took place due to (TNA) after winning the war patients detected clashes between groups of detainees in 2009. within the Prison and that a certain Participating in the in Colombo Aluwihare removed individual had recorded the clash on his Committee Stage debate on mobile phone and the footage shows the Appropriation Bill of Five deaths reported yesterday Says he will go to Courts how the fights broke out. 2021, Weerasekara alleged that the TNA is the BY CHAMARA AMARASURIYA BY K.K. ARIYADASA DAMBULLA & He further said, extensive ‘political voice’ of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil HEWA P. KARUNARATNE- MATHALE investigations are being conducted by Eelam. Out of 878 persons who had been infected the CID using video footage. He also said "The normal practice of the world is banning the with COVID-19, which is also the highest Daljith Aluwihare has attention has been focused on whether political voices of terrorist organisations. When number detected on a single day, 402 of them been removed from his an outside force was behind this clash. Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler was defeated, the Nazi had been detected in the Colombo District. post as the Mayor of movement was banned in Germany. This number had been reported in Colombo Matale with effect from 2 There are several other countries which did the on 2 December, while of that number 103 had December 2020. exact same. But the TNA, the political voice of the been detected in Borella. Governor of the Central Furthermore, 63 had been detected in Province, Attorney Lalith Mahara Prison Riot Story Continued on PAGE 2 Aluthkade, 42 in Colombo 3, 36 in Colombo U. Gamage had issued an 15, 30 in Colombo 9, and 29 had been found Extraordinary Gazette in Kotahena and Bloemendhal areas.Another Notification in this Details on injured, 188 patients had also been detected in the connection. Cash transactions Gampaha District. Retired High Court deceased inmates Meanwhile, five COVID deaths reported Judge Kusala Sarojini can spread COVID-19 yesterday increasing the total deaths to 129. Weerawardena had handed over the... to be disclosed – GMOA Prisons CG urges BY SHIRAN RANASINGHE Story Continued on PAGE 2 families to be calm GMOA Executive Committee BY KUMUDU UPUL SHANTHA Member Dr. Haritha Aluthge Parliament gets new DSG said, people should take care to Prisons Commissioner General cleanse their hands after Attorney-at-Law recently as a Court of Thushara Upuldeniya urged family handling cash to avoid Kushani Rohanadheera Appeal Judge. members of those who had died and contracting COVID-19. has been appointed as Speaker of have been injured in the Mahara Prison He said, it was imperative that the Deputy Secretary Parliament Mahinda Riot on 29 November, to exercise calm all members of a family do not General (DSG) and Yapa Abeywardena has and caution as details of the inmates will handle cash and that only some Chief of Staff (CoS) of given his approval to be disclosed to them promptly. members handle cash and Parliament. appoint Rohanadheera He said, any perceived delay in thereafter follow health Rohanadheera is to the vacant post on submitting the details of the inmates to guidelines. appointed to fill the the recommendation of relatives had been due to a sizeable He added, both notes and coins could carry the vacancy left by former the Secretary General amount of documents being destroyed in virus and hence observed that it would be vital for Deputy Secretary of Parliament the fire that raged inside the prison those who use it to wash their hands thoroughly General Neil Iddawela, Dhammika following the clash between the inmates following transactions. who was appointed Dasanayake. and guards. Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 A2 FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 2020 NEWS COVID-19 positive suspect sends Makumbura Railway cops, cellmates to quarantine BY SUJITH MARIO (PAYAGALA) six Police officers involved in his arrest are to undergo the mandatory Station to be substation A suspect who was arrested by the quarantine programme. BY BUDDHIKA SAMARAWEERA Kalutara South Police on Tuesday The suspect is a resident of (1) had tested positive for COVID-19 Mawala, Wadduwa and the result of and two other suspects who were his PCR test was issued yesterday General Secretary of the Sri Lanka detained in the same cell as well as (3). Station Masters’ Union (SLSMU), Kasun Chamara, said the Railways Department is converting the railway station at the Makumbura Multimodal Centre to a substation.
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