Flooding has temporarily displaced over 30,000 in Batticaloa and 57,000 in Ampara to relatives houses or temporary camps, reported officials from the District Secretariats.
So far one death has been reported in Batticaloa.
According to the Deputy Director of the District Disaster Management Center in Ampara and Batticaloa, M. A. C. M. Riyas, this is the worst flooding he has seen in a decade.
Former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pilleyan has been arrested by the CID in Batticaloa.
A person who carried a nine millimeter fire arm to the departure terminal of the Bandaranike International airport was arrested by airport police yesterday.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been summoned by the Bribery Commission following a statement he made supporting MP Chamara Sampath Dissanayake who is in custody.
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