The Central Environmental Authority (CEA) has launched an investigation into reports that the Singaporean cargo ship Dali, which collapsed at Baltimore, US bridge on Tuesday March 26, was carrying 764 tons of hazardous materials to Sri Lanka.
State Minister of Environment Janaka Wakkumbura told Parliament that in addition to the CEA inquiry, the Port too has been alerted.
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and SLPP MP Dr Charitha Herath raised the issue in Parliament today. They pointed out that the country would not have been aware that the containers were carrying hazardous material if not for the accident.
According to US reports the containers carried – mostly corrosives, flammables, miscellaneous hazardous materials, and Class-9 hazardous materials, including explosives & lithium-ion batteries in 56 containers.
The US National Transportation Safety Board, is still ‘analyzing the ship’s manifest to determine what was onboard’ in its other 4,644 containers.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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