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Heavy rains in several areas today

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The prevailing showery condition in the south-western part of the country is expected to continue further, the Department of Meteorology said today.

It said showers or thundershowers will occur at times in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern and North-western Provinces and in Kandy and Nuwara-Eliya Districts.

Fairly heavy showers of above 75mm can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Southern Provinces.

Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places in Eastern and Uva Provinces and in Polonnaruwa and Mullaitivu Districts during the evening or night.

The department requested the people to take precautions to minimize damages caused by temporary localized strong winds and lightning during thundershowers.

Meanwhile, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) said that 25,863 people in 10 districts have been affected by the inclement weather.

People belonging to 6,250 families residing in the districts of Ratnapura, Kegalle, Kalutara, Gampaha, Matara, Galle, Nuwara Eliya, Puttalam, Kurunegala and Jaffna are affected by the adverse weather. The largest number of affected people were reported from Gampaha District.

Furthermore, the Irrigation Department has issued flood risk warnings to the people living in the areas around the Kuda River, which is a sub-basin of the Kalu River, people living in the lower valley of the Nilwala River, and to the people living in lower areas of Ging and Attanagalu Oya.

DMC Kalutara District Assistant Director Col. Aravinda Amarasekara said that a sluice gate has been opened in the Kukule Ganga Reservoir and the volume of water used for power generation has been reduced to 60 cubic meters per second.

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Petition against secret ballot at Seethawaka PS, dismissed

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The Court of Appeal has dismissed without hearing, a petition filed by opposition members of the Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha.

The petition sought an interim injunction against Western Province Local Government Commissioner – Sarangika Jayasundara, urging to stop a secret ballot for electing the Chairman and Deputy Chairman.

The decision, delivered by a panel of judges comprising the Chairman of the Court of Appeal – Justice Rohantha Abeysuriya and Justice Priyantha Fernando.

Meanwhile, the similar petitions from the Mawathagama and Seethawaka Urban Councils were also rejected.

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Duminda granted bail under strict conditions

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Former Minister Duminda Dissanayake, who was arrested and remanded over the discovery of a gold-plated T-56 firearm at an apartment complex in Havelock Town, Colombo, has been granted bail under strict conditions.

Colombo Chief High Court Judge – Manjula Thilakaratne today (July 14) ordered his release on a cash bail of Rs.250,000 and 02 surety bonds of Rs.05 million each.

The court further directed that the 02 sureties must be Colombo residents and ordered that Dissanayake’s passport be handed over to the court, imposing a travel ban on him.

Although the counsel for the Attorney General strongly objected to bail being granted, the Chief High Court Judge ruled that, since it has not yet been established that the suspect was in possession of the firearm, the court decided to grant bail.  

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CEYPETCO halts recruitment amid workforce downsizing

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Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) Managing Director – Dr. Mayura Nettikumara says no new recruitments will be made, as modern technology has enabled the corporation to reduce its workforce.

He assured that existing employees need not fear about their job security, explaining that the current staff strength has been downsized from around 3,290 in 2012 to 2,031 under a new manpower structure.

Many employees are due to retire this year and next, and will not be replaced, he said.

“We have stopped many inefficient services, so there is no need for new people now,” Dr. Nettikumara has further said.

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