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Cabinet amendments pushed back, RW opposes to 4 SLPPers

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President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to make several changes to the Cabinet after tabling the Budget to parliament, reports say.

According to political sources, several MPs from the Sri Lanka Podujana Party, Samagi Jana Balawegaya as well as from Tamil and Muslim political parties are to be given ministerial or state ministerial portfolios.

Media also reports that around 10 SJB MPs are to cross over to the government.

Meanwhile, it is also said that the subject matter of ministers are also to be changed.

RW says no to 4 SLPP MPs?

According to reports, a special discussion had taken place between the President, the PM and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, on the impending cabinet changes.

It is reported that the President has expressed his unwillingness to give minister posts to Johnston Fernando, Rohitha Abeygunawardena, Mahindananda Aluthgamage and Namal Rajapaksa representing the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.

Meanwhile, it is reported that a media house owner has initiated a mission to appoint his close friend Mr. Ali Sabry, the current foreign minister, to the position of finance minister.

It is reported that he started this operation citing the inability of the President to hold the position of Finance Minister after the 21st Amendment.

It is said that another reason for this is the report prepared by the Inland Revenue Department regarding the controversial sugar tax reduction incident, which is to be received by the Minister of State for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya next week.

The State Minister had said that after receiving the report, it will be tabled in Parliament.

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Grenade found from garden of Kabaddi Federation President

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A live grenade manufactured abroad has been found in front of the house of Sri Lanka Kabaddi Federation President – Mr. Anura Dharmaratne, which is located in the Dolahamuna area in Hettipola.

Mr. Dharmaratne had lodged a complaint yesterday (26) with the Hettipola police, saying that there’s a grenade in front of his car which was parked on his land.

He had claimed someone had planted the grenade thus after someone who had been offended after it was announced that he was going to contest for the Kabbaddi presidency again.

Subsequently, police had visited the premises and seized the grenade.
So far, no arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

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Army Sanath arrested

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Notorious criminal and drug trafficker – ‘Army Sanath’ has been arrested in the Ahangama area during an operation carried out by the Police Special Task Force in Ahangama area.

He had also been in possession of 15 grams of heroin at the time of arrest.

According to the Police STF, ‘Army Sanath’ has operated the crime and drug ring of another notorious criminal – ‘Harak Kata’.

Authorities also say that it has been revealed that ‘Army Sanath’ had been in charge of transporting weapons for a spate of recent shootings as well as cleaning these weapons following the shootings and handing them over to various persons on the instructions of ‘Harak Kata’.

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2 CMC workers working in sewage gully, die 

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Two labourers engaged in maintenance work of a sewage gully network in Hettiyawatta, Kotahena had died today afternoon, Police said.
They were attached to the Colombo Municipal Council.

The workers had been unconscious when hospitalized and had later died.

Police say that they suspect the workers had inhaled a poisonous gas in the sewer.

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