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LPL kicks off today

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The fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League will get underway in Colombo today.

The season opener will see defending champions the Jaffna Kings taking on Colombo Strikers.

The game is scheduled to get underway at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo at 7.30pm.

Today’s opening game will be the first of the 24 games lined up in the LPL 4 right up to the final, which will take place on August 20 at the R. Premadasa Stadium.

But eight out of the total 24 games are also slotted to be played at the Pallekele International Stadium.

Jaffna Kings: Thisara Perera (Capt), Nishan Madushka, Asela Gunaratne, Pathum Kumara, Chris Lynn, David Miller, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ashan Randika, Charith Asalanka, Shoaib Malik, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka, Asanka Manoj, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara, Ratnarajah Thenurathan, Hardus Viljoen, Theeshan Vithushan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Dunith Wellalage, Zaman Khan

Colombo Strikers: Niroshan Dickwella (Capt), Babar Azam, Ifthikar Ahmed, Lahiru Udara, Yashodha Lanka, Pathum Nissanka, Nipun Dhananjaya, Lorcan Tucker, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Kavishka Anjula, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Ramesh Mendis, Mohammad Nawaz, Angelo Perera, Movin Subasingha, Shashika Dulshan, Eshan Malinga, Naseem Shah, Matheesha Pathirana, Lakshan Sandakan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Wahab Riaz

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Motion approved to remove MP Ali Sabri Raheem from Parliamentary committees

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A motion to remove MP Ali Sabri Raheem from all Parliamentary Committees was approved by the House a short while ago.  

The motion which was moved by Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa was unanimously approved by the House.

MP Raheen was caught trying to smuggle gold and smartphones in May this year.

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Rocky successfully carries out ‘call termination’ racket

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Local phone service providers including Telecom and Mobitel as well as the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) are losing a colossal amount of revenue due to a ‘call termination’ racket operating in Sri Lanka, it was reported.

Agencies conducting investigations into the matter have received information that one such racketeer earns as much as Rs.02 – 05 million per day.

It was reported that these racketeers earn this amount by redirecting over 100,000 minutes of IDD calls in a single day.

Sri Lanka Telecom PLC is equipped with the technology to detect this kind of call termination scams and has also set up a separate unit called the ‘Fraud Management Unit’ solely for this purpose.

This unit, which is currently operating under the networking division, is said to have been well-functioning when it was under the financial division.

Senior officials reportedly shirked from launching investigations into these racketeers by citing the arrival of mobile messaging apps such as WhatsApp, WeChat, IMO, Viber and Messenger as the reason for these daily revenue losses.

Meanwhile, investigations have revealed that the racket is currently being largely operated by an individual named ‘Rocky’ who is originally from Gampola and has now settled in Colombo.

Investigations revealed that Rocky is pretending to be an UK national and uses a phone number registered in England.

Apart from this, he is also said to be involved in Undiyal transactions.

He has been arrested by the police in connection with this fraud on a previous occasion as well.

According to security forces, those involved in this racket continue to do so again even after being reprimanded, as the relevant fine is as low as Rs.10,000.

Security forces also note that since such racketeers also support terrorist activities, questioning them under detention orders would enable them to weed out this racket altogether.

Heads of mobile phone service providers allege that the arrest of such traffickers keep getting delayed due to the lukewarm reaction by the investigation departments.

Meanwhile, former chairpersons of service providers, former cricket players and former presidential secretaries have also been accused by the media of being involved in this racket.

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Excise officials kidnap beedi businessman & forcefully take Rs.1mn

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The Walasmulla Police have launched an investigation into an incident where a Beedi businessman was kidnapped and assaulted before forcefully taking Rs.1 million from him.

The business license of the businessman residing in Maraketiya, Rajapuragoda in Walasmulla expired on June 26. A team of excise officials including the OIC of the Tangalle Excise Unit had arrived at his house on September 18 and seized the Beedi leaves.

Excise officials had demanded Rs.1.4 million from the businessman not to take legal action in this regard.

They had taken the businessman away in a three-wheeler, beaten him up, and then had taken an amount of Rs.1 million by force.

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