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General Secretary confident of winning major
elections:
UPFA on strong footing
The Minister of Education and the United People’s
Freedom Alliance (UPFA) General Secretary Susil Premajayanth and the
Minister of Agriculture Development and Agrarian Services and
General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Maithripala
Sirisena expressed tremendous confidence in the UPFA gaining
landslide victories in the Presidential and Parliamentary polls.
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IDPs settlement accelerated in Mannar
In the second phase of the resettlement process
the Government has resettled 442 families numbering 1,898 persons in
Musali Divisional Secretariat Division in Mannar District last
Friday.
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Menik Farm IDPs being evacuated
A plan to evacuate the flood-affected IDPs at
welfare villages in Menik Farm, Chettikulam was finalised on Friday
after discussions and the process of relocating them at identified
safer places will begin shortly, Vavuniya Government Agent Ms. P.S.M.
Charles told the Sunday Observer.
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Customs target Rs. 427 bn this year
A record revenue of Rs. 427 billion will be
targeted by the Sri Lanka Customs during this year, Sri Lanka
Customs, Director General Sarath Jayathilake told the Sunday
Observer yesterday.
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NCPA probe into child trafficking
The National Child Protection Bureau (NCPA) has
launched an investigation into the trafficking of two girls aged
between 13 and 14 years from up country whose bodies were found
dumped in a canal at Bauddhaloka Mawatha area last week.
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The condition of the self-immolated monk near the Dalada Maligawa in Kandy is known to be critical, hospital sources said.Director National Hospital Colombo Dr. Anil Jasinghe said the monk is currently being treated at the Intensive Care Unit and his condition is very serious.
At least 24 persons sustained minor injuries when an elephant went on rampage at Mutiyangala Raja Maha Vihara Perahera in Badulla last night. Among the injured 14 females, nine males and one child were admitted to Badulla Hospital. 
Adults and nine children were hospitalised due to food poisoning in Thirukkovil this morning, the police said. The group was part of the devotees who attended a religious festival at Manikka Pillair temple who had reportedly consumed a meal of gram distributed at the event. 
A Buddhist monk received severe burn injuries when he set himself on fire outside Dalada Maligawa in Kandy this morning in protest over cattle slaughter, police said. Eye witnesses told the police the monk poured petrol over his body and then lit himself.
A 60-year-old unidentified woman died when she was reportedly hit by a train in Navinna last evening, the police said. 
Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Prasanna Ranaweera has been hospitalised after he was reportedly assaulted by another party member in a brawl this morning, police said. 
Police Spokesman SSP P M H B Siriwardena said today that there is no intention to arrest any UNP parliamentarians regarding the on going inquiry into the activities of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Sri Lanka. 
Emergency workers in the US are continuing to search for survivors of the gigantic tornado that tore through a suburb of Oklahoma City today. Rescuers worked through the night and into the morning in the rubble in Moore, the worst-hit area. Entire neighbourhoods were flattened by winds of up to 200mph (320km/h). 
