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A house collapsed due to The police and security forces have Due to rains in the past few days, low heavy rains but no one was hurt, police been alerted to be prepared to undertake lying areas in Ratnapura, Kalutara and said. Kegalle have been submerged. In The Kalawana – Matugama road is emergency rescue operations as the pres- Ratnapura several areas in Kiriella, impassable due to minor floods in some ent monsoon threatens to cause flooding Ayagama and Elapatha have already been areas. and earthslips. submerged and in the event of the rains In Kegalle, some areas in Talduwa and The Meteorological Department yes- continuing more areas would go under Ruwanwella are under water. Nuwara terday sent out the alert requesting the water Eliya and Gampola, too experienced police and forces to standby as the weath- The water level of the Kaluganga in heavy rains. Ceratin areas in Matara and er forecasts show heavy thunder showers Ratnapura has risen to almost 19 feet and Galle also experienced heavy rains and and strong winds within the next 24 the levels in its tributaries, too, have risen there was a threat of minor floods. Court issues stay order Veteran journalist Salamulle He was extremely fond of Indian Dharmaratne passed away in the wee classical music and was an ardent fan hours of Tuesday at the age of 59. A of Maestro Ravi Shankar. against CCD Officers popular scribe,known among his The fact that ‘Sale’ was one of the friends and collegues as “Sale” he was best and exemplary sub editors that by Priyalal Sirisena the CBN Sat and not on the Sonic Net attached to our sister paper “Divaina” “Divaina” had was amply proved Technologies, but the CCD had taken into as a sub-editor in the features desk. when the management didn’t want to SATURDAY An unassuming character , Sale lose him after his retirement though The Colombo District Court yesterday custody their property also. The lawyers further submitted that joined the “Divina” editorial at its he was not in very good health. He was refused a stay order against the officers FORTUNE inception, introduced by than called upon to continue his services in the order was only to search the premises of Colombo Crime Division, in connec- Date: 21-06-2006 Draw No.:1720 Edmund Ranasinghe,the inaugural the “Diavina” editorial on contract tion with a petition against the sealing of but not to seal the equipment. editor of the newspaper. ‘Sale’ cut his basis and continued his services until equipment of the CBN Sat. District Judge Aruna Sri Ranasinghe Serial Nos: journalistic teeth at the “Sinhala his untimely demise. U.K. Mahindadasa, OIC, Colombo said that if an order was issued in favour Polonnaruwa 201241960-4-55 Bauddhaya” a Buddhist revivalist ‘Sale’ will be missed by many who Crime Division, and two other officers of the petitioner that would disturb the Gampaha 201243398-1-12 publication and later worked for closely associated him, and those in were cited as respondents. proceedings before the Magistrate’s Ratnapura 201243540-0-91 “Siyarata” the UNP journal before the fourth estate. Sonic Net Technologies had petitioned Court, that would also make it difficult Monaragala 201242601-0-09 joining “Divina.” His funeral will take place today at Court that the CCD had taken into cus- for the police to carry out their investiga- Matara 201241207-0-90 ‘Sale’ who lived a simple life was a the Eldeniya cemetery,Kadawatha at 3 tody their property and also the equip- tions, the Judge said. The Judge refused teetotaller p.m. (Harischandra Gunaratna) ment of the CBN Sat, which was a sister to issue a stay order against the respon- Serial numbers of the tickets that won the set dent CCD officers. company.. They said that the Colombo of Jewelry, Sig-Sag Sewing Machine and The case was put off for July 03. Magistrate had issued an order against Foot Bicycle worth over Rs. 120,000/- Jumbo specialist seeks recall of Govt. has no... From page 1 ousted Zoo director by Ifham Nizam Uda Walawe National park, I have had and the relief after tsunami disaster forces. “We wish to impress upon the ment. Professor Charles Santiapillai has the greatest personal respect for what he 2004 was from NGOs and international international community to intercede The ceasefire had prevented vio- requested the Minister for Zoological has achieved in managing elephants bodies. The efforts of setting up an ISGA and compel “the Government to fulfil its lence against civilians for three years and Botanical Gardens Promotions both in the wild and in captivity. or PTOMS proposed for the relief of obligations by the Tamil people,” he but the present government did not have Bandula Basnayake to reinstate ousted Therefore I, like many other con- tsunami victims had not materialised. said. a solution to the problem. The UNP has Zoological Gardens and Pinnawala cerned individuals, am extremely dis- Sampanthan said about 3000 Tamils Opening the debate for the a solution for solving the problem Elephant Orphanage Chief Brigadier H. mayed and distressed that his services left their houses and fled to India due to Opposition Kandy District UNP MP through negotiations but the A. N. T. Perera in order to translate his as Director have been dispensed with so the deteriorating security situation in Lakshman Kiriella said the UNP wished Government did not have one, he said. grand vision into reality. abruptly without an impartial assess- the North. to express its sorrow at the killings of For the past six months, over 600 Professor Santiapillai, of the ment of the gentleman’s contribution to He claimed that a number of civil- innocent civilians at Kebitigollewa. people have been killed though the CFA Peradeniya University’s Department of date in the field of wildlife conservation ians killed including a family at The UNP leader Ranil is still valid. Although an All Party Zoology, one of the foremost authorities and breeding of endangered species in Vankalai Mannar on June 8 and a num- Wickremasinghe he said, had opted for a Conference was summoned by President on elephants and Editor of the ‘Asian captivity,” Professor added. ber of other civilians killed in the North solution to the problem in the North and Mahinda Rajapakse, the government Elephant Specialist Group’ Journal, has He also said that if any day the histo- were victims of the attacks by armed East by entering into a ceasefire agree- had no solution to the problem, he said. told the Minister that by reinstating ry of the National Zoological Gardens Brigadier Perera it will enable him to and the Elephant Orphanage at finish the development programmes Pinnawala is written by an impartial LTTE has not ... From page 1 that he initiated with a view of provid- historian, he would place on record that Brigadier Perera was man of vision. It was found that the explosion was caused by a Having tolerated several attacks on the security was not going to attend the talks though they came to ing better conditions for the animals in captivity and for visitors. The Island recently exclusively remote control device and the type of explosive C4 forces and civilians in the belief that the LTTE will Geneva, he said. He told the Minister that Perera had reported that Brigadier Perera was sent used by the LTTE in such attacks had been used in come back to peace talks for a negotiated settlement The UNP is charging the government of neglect- an unblemished track record both as a home despite having Cabinet approval the Kebetigollewa attack. the Government was at last forced to counter attack ing the intelligence services or not heeding the reports member of the Sri Lankan Armed to continue for a further three months. Referring to the queries raised by some LTTE positions especially after it stepped up its but the fact was the betrayal of the Millenium city long Forces and as one of the most trusted It is understood that some politicians, Opposition members including Lakshman Kiriella attacks. range unit of the Army and the subsequent exposure and innovative directors of the National who are said to be close associates of (UNP Kandy District) the Leader of the House said for The LTTE had been fully aware of the composition of the intelligence services which resulted in the killing Zoological Gardens. minor employees of the National the government to say whether it was a federal or of the Government delegation to the aborted Geneva of 168 intelligence men and officers after the “It was my good fortune to have Zoological Gardens, didn’t see eye to eye other form of devolution of power it was only after talks and even on the day before the talks were to be Ceasefire Agreement was signed he said.