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MONDAY Entire country will be 3 august 2020 LATEST EDITION given benefits of an VOL: 09/200 PRICE : Rs 30.00 abundant economy – President President Gotabaya emphasised that it was Rajapaksa says he will important to comprehend build a people-centric the bitter reality of the economy that will be economy following the fully owned by the people COVID-19 pandemic and of this country. strengthening the people The President further instead of fabricating said the objective of the false promises about the Government is to create cost of living. a National Economy for The President made Let’s get UNP will ensure the future that will these remarks during the Will not cut strengthen the local election tour to support entrepreneurs, instead of the Sri Lanka Podujana selling national Peramuna in the together to people will have resources and financial Hambantota District, back any assets of the country to yesterday (2 August). foreigners. The President form a Govt with all three meals President participated in the public reliefs given Rajapaksa gathering at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Shopping Complex, Middeniya and a conscience – Ranil inquired about to people requirements in the area. BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK The gathering was – Sajith organised by SLPP UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe urged candidate, Kapila the public to vote no matter what. – Prime Minister Dissanayake. In Samagi Jana Balawegaya Addressing a rally organised by former response to a request to Leader, Sajith Premadasa, Parliamentarian Vajira Leader of the Sri repair the roof of a addressing the final rally Abeywardena in Galle Lanka Podujana building at Middeniya in Colombo, said he is yesterday, Peramuna, Prime Maha Vidyalaya... ready to go to prison for Wickremesinghe Minister Mahinda constructing temples. stated that people Rajapaksa, said His full speech: should not stay at he will ensure Dear friends, I went all home in fear of development of the over the country. During COVID-19, since entire country, this short time, I visited their mandate is from Dondra Head every electorate. People needed to form a to Point Pedro gathered around the strong Parliament. under the new ‘Telephone’ daily. As of He also said there Government that will today, an should be a be set up subsequent extremely powerful Parliament to the General large... because Parliament Election. is responsible for The Prime policy making. Minister Therefore, the public requested, should go to the at the final polling booth SLPP and cast their rally... vote wisely. Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 12 Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 12 TUs call off protest SLPP will win 135 seats – Basil BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK 135 seats. However, Rajapaksa was Power at Colombo Port optimistic that other candidates PM assures of solutions While insisting that they will allied with them will get the definitely secure victory on 5 mandate to increase the number of hungry rulers August to set up a powerful seats to 150. He predicted that the BY LEON BERENGER Parliament, Sri Lanka Podujana TNA will get the majority in the Peramuna (SLPP) National other three districts, which are Workers at the Colombo Port called off their protest Organiser, Basil Rajapaksa, Vanni, Batticaloa and Jaffna. unconcerned yesterday morning, following discussions with Prime stated that they have no “Other than those districts, we are Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, a trade unionist said. intention of creating a coalition sure that we will get votes from The discussions, which lasted for at least one hour Government in the future, to get other districts in a higher about people at Rajapaksa’s private residence ‘Carlton House’ in a majority in the House. percentage,” he stated, while Tangalle, ended on a hopeful note, Secretary of the He also stated that except insisting that they will definitely Progressive Workers’ Union Colombo Port (PWUCP), for three districts, the get two-thirds majority in Shyamal Sumanaratne said. SLPP will secure the Parliament. – Anura Kumara majority in all Pointing out the SLPP will lead in Story Continued on PAGE 12 other districts the Election results, Rajapaksa BY ANURADHA HERATH without a opined that the party that comes in doubt, and second will not be able to get even Leader of the Colombo District also will half of the votes that the SLPP gets Team of the National Prison SP Sampayo obtain about in the Election. People's Power, Anura Kumara arrested Story Continued on PAGE 2 Dissanayake, says at the final rally in Handed over to CID for further investigations Colombo that Sri Restarting Valaichchenai Paper Mill Lanka will face BY CHAMARA Cat caught more calamities AMARASURIYA if Rajapaksas smuggling drugs Wimal supports return to Former Superintendent of power. the Negombo Prison, Three inmates escape ‘Vision of Prosperity' Anuruddha Sampayo, who had a warrant out against him, was from Kalutara Prison BY BUDDHIKA SAMARAWEERA arrested yesterday (2) by a team of Police Officers BY LEON BERENGER Minister of Small and Medium Business and including the Inspector of Enterprise Development, Industries and Police of Negombo... A cat that was strapped with a pack of Supply Chain Management, Wimal heroin and other banned items was Weerawansa has given a great start to Story Continued on discovered inside the Colombo Magazine President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's 'Vision of PAGE 2 Prison premises yesterday, a senior Prosperity' programme through the official said. resumption of production at the Valaichchenai No COVID-19 threat at Two packets of heroin weighing 1.2 Paper Mill, which had been closed for a long Story Continued on PAGE 12 grams, two phone SIM cards and a time, said Lalith Weeratunga,... polling stations – EC memory chip were also found in a tiny bag, Commissioner General of Prisons Story Continued on PAGE 2 Hambantota will be Bring your own pen if possible T.N. Upuldeniya said. The animal was detected by an alert among four great BY BUDDHIKA SAMARAWEERA Prisons intelligence officer positioned at the main entrance, he said. Woman shot Commercial Cities Chairman of the Election Commission (EC), He added the banned items had been Mahinda Deshapriya assured there is no risk of.... handed over to the Borella Police, while – President the Prison Department is conducting an dead in Beliatta Story Continued on PAGE 2 inquiry into the incident. A hunt has been launched for the killer/ Port and Mattala Airport to be killers of a 52-year-old woman, who was found centres supplying services dead with gunshot wounds in the front yard of her house at Dammulla in Beliatta yesterday President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says Shani admitted morning. the Hambantota District will be Police said the woman had died prior to developed as one of ‘Four Multi- admission to the Tangalle Hospital. dimensional Commercial Cities’ that are to Prison Hospital Initial investigations have revealed that the expected to be functioning as BY KUMUDU UPUL SHANTHA victim was killed while she was asleep, Police International Coordination Centres. said. The motive for the killing is yet to be Colombo, Jaffna and Trincomalee are Former CID Director,SSP Shani Abeysekara has established and the Tangalle Police are the other districts expected to be been moved to the Mahara Prison Hospital under tight conducting further investigations into the developed as ‘Four Multi-dimensional security, sources said. killing. (LB) Commercial Cities’. Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 A2 MONDAY 3 AUGUST 2020 NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Entire country... Cat caught... Hambantota will... “These days there have been a lot of changes insides the The President further ... the President ordered the Army purpose and requested to build a prisons with the tightening of security among other said the Government Commander at that very moment to look garment factory in the area. measures. will build a country that into the matter immediately. The President Rajapaksa was warmly It in this backdrop that the smugglers have resorted to can compete in President also heeded to the request welcomed amidst cheers of the people other methods. international markets made by the public to improve the at the public rally in close proximity However, this is the first time that the smugglers have by establishing a facilities of the Middeniya Hospital. to Beliatta Pradheshiya Sabha used an animal,” Commissioner Upuldeniya further said. "C-shaped economic The Maha Sanga present at the public organised by SLPP candidate, Namal Meanwhile, a massive hunt has been launched for three corridor connecting two rally at Walasmulla Public Playground Rajapaksa. prisoners that broke jail at the Kalutara Prison during the main ports and airports requested the President to form a The President also attended the public early hours of yesterday, Upuldeniya added. while integrating all Pradheshiya Sabha for Walasmulla. The rally organised by candidates Namal He said the prisoners, aged between 23 and 32, who were business zones. rally was organised by SLPP candidate, Rajapaksa and D.V. Chanaka behind identified as heroin addicts and residents of Beruwala and President Rajapaksa Lionel Subasinghe. the Tangalle Municipal Council and Kalutara, were being held on narcotics charges inside the made these remarks The President was also apprised of the spoke to the crowd about their remand jail. during his campaign issues relating to the Walasmulla requirements. They had escaped after scaling the shorter section of the visit to Hambantota Hospital, Bus Stand and the market. This was the last public gathering wall that surrounds the jail, he said. district, yesterday(02) in The crowd also informed the President President Rajapaksa attended in the One escapee was subsequently rounded up at a location support of the candidates of Sri Lanka about the possibility of using a closed islandwide election campaign tour to in Kalutara several hours after the incident, he added.

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