Hiru News 7 04/02/2018

Hiru News

• Discussions relating to the Provincial Council election to take place at the party leaders’ meeting - (Minister Mano Ganeshan stated that discussion regarding the provincial council election without delay, is scheduled to be held at today’s party leaders’ meeting. the Minister said that the Prime Minister was likely to participate in the discussion. )
• A phone , seized as evidence in the case of the 7 billion rupee gem heist, to be sent to the government analyst - (Following a court order, the mobile phone belonging to the first suspect who was arrested in connection to the heist of a diamond and gemstones worth 7 billion rupees has been handed over to the government analyst. The suspect is believed to have been... )
• Election of Bar Association office-bearers to be held today - (The bar association office-bearers’ election will be held today at 83 election centers island-wide including Colombo. President’s counsel, Kaalinga Indra-tissa and senior attorney at law Mahinda Lokugey will contest for the Associations Chair,... )
• Registration of Chain saw machines begins today. - (The Ministry of Defense announced that the registration of chainsaw machines will commence today. Registrations are being carried out according to a decision taken by the Ministry of Defense on the orders of the President. Accordingly, all state, semi-government,... )
• The abducted girl student of Aranayake rescued within an hour - ( Police have cordoned off a house at Pallegama in Debathgama Aranayake and rescued a 17-year old school girl from her abductors. The abductors including a youth who had attempted to develop a love affair with the victim had forcibly transported the girl... )