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Report on 20A to PM Tomorrow Cattle slaughter and beef import MONDAY Ananda Thera 14 september 2020 LATEST EDITION wants ban expedited VOL: 09/230 PRICE : Rs 30.00 BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK READ The Chief Incumbent of the Abhayarama CEYLON TODAY In Sports Temple in Colombo,Muruththettuwe Ananda Thera called for a complete ban of cattle AND Bangladesh slaughtering including importation of beef ready to tour SL while insisting the ban should be expedited. WIN Addressing the Media yesterday (13) at Bangladesh is set to go ahead Abhayarama Temple, the Thera urged the LUXURY HOTEL with its scheduled three-match Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to find a STAYS! Test tour of Sri Lanka as per way to ban consuming beef in the country schedule provided the hosts stick since Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country. to the seven-day mandatory DETAILS INSIDE quarantine regulations for the visiting team,... Story Continued on PAGE 2 A16 Report on At today’s UNP Working Committee meeting Ranil Earmarks 20A to PM His Kin Ruwan Tomorrow BY W. K. PRASAD MANJU as Deputy The report of the committee appointed by the Prime Minister to study the 20th Amendment to the Constitution is due to be handed over to Premier Mahinda Rajapaksa Moves afoot to tomorrow (15). The committee comprises nine members, led by Minister Professor G.L. Peiris. nominate Ravi K to the This committee is due to meet in Colombo today (14) at 6.00 p.m. post by another faction It is also reported that a lengthy discussion will be held on the proposals submitted regarding the 20th Amendment to the The promise given by UNP Leader Ranil Constitution. Wickremesinghe to the county and supporters The committee led by Minister G.L. that he would appoint a young person Peiris comprises Ministers Nimal to the UNP Leader’s post will not be Siripala De Silva, Wimal Weerawansa, fulfilled at the today’s (14) Working Udaya Gammanpila, Ali Sabri and Committee meeting, a senior UNP State Ministers Susil Working Committee member told Premajayantha, S Viyalendran as Ceylon Today. well as Members of Parliament According to him, what’s actually Dilan Perera and Premnath C. going to happen today is the appointment Dolawatte. of a Deputy Leader for the UNP. Story Continued on PAGE 2 Bringing the right Gangsters hiding in Lankan maid Stricken MT New Diamond Constitution for the country Colombo lodges tortured to death Navy divers seal President has Police warn in Kuwait leak on vessel people’s mandate Arab sponsors arrested Arrest of Captain, crew lodge owners not ruled out BY LEON BERENGER – Maha Sanga BY CHAMARA AMARASURIYA BY LEON BERENGER A Kuwaiti couple was arrested yesterday The Maha Sanga has stated that President Owners of lodges in over the alleged torture and murder of their The Sri Lankan Navy has sealed an Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been given the mandate by Colombo have been Sri Lankan maid, a topmost official with the inlet on the fire-stricken MT New the people to bring in a Constitution that is most warned against Foreign Employment Bureau (FEB) said. Diamond oil tanker that was leaking appropriate for the country. providing “The Sri Lankan Embassy has taken the crude oil and was causing fears of an They stated that they are more than enthusiastic accommodation to matter up on a serious note with the environmental catastrophe, a senior to see the President's forward journey to establish a criminal underworld relevant authorities in that country official said yesterday. self-sustained economy while fulfilling expectations elements. including Police investigators and it hoped A team of divers that inspected the of the citizenry. Information has that fairness and justice will be meted... rear of the tanker, which caught fire last reached Senior DIG week, found a seawater inlet spewing a Story Continued on PAGE 2 in charge of the Story Continued on PAGE 2 mix of crude and seawater, he said. Western Province Deshabandu 19th and 20th Amendments Tennakoon that Lankan Chief Officer in certain criminals and racketeers are using Mauritius Jail Buddhist monks want the lodges in Colombo as safe houses as operations to control the Maritime TUs neither –Ven. Ananda Thera underworld and drug rackets are continuing unabated. appeal to President Want Constitution respecting Senior DIG Tennakoon had summoned interests of Sri Lankans owners and managers of lodges to his BY LEON BERENGER office and given these instructions. Story Continued on PAGE 2 BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK He has also advised them on the Maritime trade unions yesterday appealed importance of using CCTV cameras to to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the The Chief Incumbent of the reveal the identity of persons who arrive at Foreign Office in Colombo to intervene in Abhayarama Temple in these lodges and to obtain clearance seeking the early release of a senior Sri Boossa Colombo, Muruththettuwe certificates regarding employees as well as Lankan Seafarer currently jailed in Ananda Thera stated that the use of technological equipment. If it Mauritius. strike continues, Buddhist monks want neither becomes apparent that a certain person is “We have already handed over a letter to the 19th nor the 20th willingly assisting in underworld or drug the President’s Office and the Ministry of numbers dwindle Amendment and they prefer a activities, the Senior DIG had explained Foreign Relations seeking their assistance to whole new Constitution clearly that all relevant property will be release the Sri Lankan Seafarer,” Palitha BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK instead. confiscated. Atukorale with the National Union of... He added that the monks The hunger strike launched by several want a Constitution that Story Continued on PAGE 2 inmates, including infamous underworld respects the interests of Sri figures, detained at the Boossa Prison, Lankans since the existing... based on several demands, continues for the fifth day with 15 strikers of the Story Continued on PAGE 2 Namal becomes father original 40. A total of 40 inmates including notorious underworld ring leaders and Army orientation for BY W. K. PRASAD Prime Minister drug traffickers Gampola Vidanage MANJU Mahinda Rajapaksa and Samantha Kumara alias 'Wele Suda', 50,000 graduates begins his wife were also Mohommad Najim Mohommad Imran Minister of Sports and present at the hospital alias ‘Kanjipani Imran’,... The Army orientation-training programme for Youth Affairs, Namal to see their second 50,000 graduates, recruited to the public sector, in Rajapaksa and his wife grandson. line with the President’s ‘Saubhagayaye Dekma’ Limini became parents According to Namal (Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour) policy on the same day they and Limini, their first statement and on directions of President Gotabaya celebrated their first child was the best gift Rajapaksa to the Army, begins in phases on Monday wedding anniversary. they could have got on (14) in 51 islandwide Army Centres including, On Saturday, 12 the day of their first Security Forces HQs, Regimental HQs and Training September Limini gave wedding anniversary. Schools. birth to a son at a Namal and Limini got The purpose of this one-month-long residential private hospital in married on 12 programme, implemented in five phases,... Colombo. September 2019. Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 A2 MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2020 NEWS Scientists to probe Kandy tremor BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK Universities of Peradeniya and Kundasale, Panwila, and Wattegama. over the final report on their survey. When asked whether there is a Moratuwa, to conduct a probe. The Senior Director at the GSMB “We have not yet decided whether we threat to Victoria dam, de Silva said Following a third earth tremor The minor earth tremor is said to have Udaya de Silva claimed yesterday (13) are sending a new team to observe the there is no threat to the dam for now. recorded in Kandy at around 11:30 occurred due to the Limestone deposits that the tremor was recorded at four current situation. But right now we He also emphasised the recent tremor p.m. on Friday (11), the Geological and its cavities. However, the earth seismic stations coming under the are observing it from our centres. We was a minor one compared to the Survey and Mines Bureau (GSMB) has tremor 1.79 on the Richter scale was purview of the bureau. The three are aware that these tremors are previous recorded tremors, adding the decided to appoint a committee today recorded at around 11:30 p.m. on Friday teams that were sent to observe the occurring only because of the general public need not panic over the (14) comprising scientists from the night, and it was felt in the areas of previous tremors had already handed Limestone deposit,” he noted. situation. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 President has... These comments were made by the Viharadhikari Ranil Earmarks... Theras of Lankarama, Mirisawetiya and Sri The Working Committee member said that appoint Wijewardena to the Deputy Leader According to reports, this decision had been Sambuddha Jayanthi Viharas when the President, Wickremesinghe is nominating Ruwan post without a vote, there is a group of UNP reached at a special discussion between who is in Anuradhapura, visited these temples on Wijewardena for the post. Wijewardena is a members waiting to nominate Ravi Karunanayake and several Working Saturday(12). President Rajapaksa paid homage to relative of Wickremesinghe. Karunanayake to the post in the event such a Committee members yesterday. Karunanayake Atamasthanas Friday (11). Even though the UNP Leader’s intention is to proposal was presented at today’s meeting. is the Assistant Leader of the UNP. He paid homage to Lankarama Vihara and engaged in pleasantries with the Viharadhikari Ven. Ralapanawe Dhammajothi Thera. 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