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Dead fish from Mallavi Tank being sold!

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Hundreds of thousands of fish in Mullaitivu Mallavi Tank have died due to exposure to the extreme hot sun and many people have started collecting and selling this fish.

Health authorities have requested the police to immediately intervene in the matter and not allow the fish to be sold as the residents of Mallavi have started collecting dead fish and selling them in piles, at a very low price.

Police and Public Health Inspectors have taken measures to arrest people selling dead fish from the Mallavi tank. Health Authorities of Mullaitivu have gone to the Mallavi tank and initiated investigations and they presume as the first step that the fish have died in this manner due to the high heat being experienced.

The health officials have advised people to refrain from eating the fish in the Mallavi tank until the samples of the dead fish are taken and sent to the Biology Unit of the Jaffna University for testing and a proper conclusion has been arrived at.

Commenting on this, Mullaitivu Farmers Organizations representatives said that the fisheries expansion officers are releasing hundreds of thousands of young fish into tanks without considering the water levels therein, so when the fish die, hundreds of thousands die at once. Anyhow, due to the dead fish, a stench has started spreading in the entire area around the Mallavi tank.

(dailynews.lk)

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General Election 2024: Nominations close at 12 noon today

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Acceptance of nomination papers from recognised political parties and independent groups to contest the 2024 General Election will end at 12 noon today (11).

The Election Commission stated that it is possible to handover the nomination papers at the District Secretariat Offices all over the country until 12 noon today (11).

Opportunity to file objections has been provided for one and a half hours after the closing time of accepting nomination papers, the Election Commission stated.

A total of 88 political parties and Independent groups have submitted their nomination papers for the upcoming General Election to the Election Commission as of Wednesday (9). Out of the 88 nominations handed over, 46 are from recognised political parties and 42 from Independent groups.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission has announced the dates for the issuance of ballot papers and marking of postal votes in the 2024 Parliamentary Election.

Accordingly, the marking of postal votes will be held on October 30 and November 4 for all state sector offices, election offices, police stations and police related offices in all the district secretariat offices in the country.

Apart from this, casting of postal votes in other government institutions and military bases is to be held on November 1 and November 4. For those who fail to cast their postal votes on the assigned dates, November 7 and 8 have been designated as additional dates to cast their votes, the Election Commission stated.

Meanwhile, the certification of postal voter lists will be done on October 16 and the issuance and delivery of postal voting ballot papers will be done on October 23.

Delivery of official polling cards to the post office will be done on October 26 and October 27, 31 and November 03 have been designated as special distribution days for official polling cards. The last date for distribution of official polling cards is November 7, 2024.

Election Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake has informed all District Returning Officers and all the District Deputy Assistant Election Commissioners to plan to organise the related work to inform the local officials of the Postal Department about the specified dates.

(Daily News)

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Bribery Commission gets new DG

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Mrs. M.R.Y.K. Udawela has been appointed as the new Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). 

She had assumed duties today (Oct. 10).

Ms. Udawela had previously functioned as the Additional DG (Legal) of CIABOC.

The appointment follows the recent resignation of W.K.D. Wijeratne as the Director General.

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Shani Abeysekara returns to the police service

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Former SSP Shani Abeysekera is to return to the police service on a contract basis, reports say.
According to reports, he has been reappointed by the Police Commission on a one-year contract starting today (Oct 10), reports say.

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